O Comrade, My Comrade!
This year’s Russian entry to the Oscars dramatizes a Soviet-era industrial-workers’ strike turned infamous massacre
Downton Drabby
In a new podcast, the Duchess of Rutland confirms there’s more to being aristocratic than shooting weekends and idle gossip
Grand Illusions
Inside the world of social-media influencers, where likes are worth cash, followers can be bought, and anyone can be famous
The Truman Show
He both mingled with and shredded high society. A new documentary asks: Who was Truman Capote, really?
Great Dane
With a new leading role in The Investigation, Pilou Asbaek confirms he’s one of Scandinavia’s most versatile actors
Ralph Fiennes Unearths His Heart
In The Dig, a movie for these days, the actor creates the anti-Voldemort, a man of kindness and compassion
Call My Agent!
The French comedy featuring Monica Bellucci, Juliette Binoche, and other stars messing with their image is back
Mob Rule
A new documentary tracks the rise and fall of Vincenzo Muccioli, a well-intentioned rehab founder turned cult leader, Italian-style
The Most Famous Cop in Paris
For 15 years, Caroline Proust has been the center of Spiral, the French crime drama that’s a global hit
A Treasure Story for Adults
The Dig tells the riveting tale of the most famous archaeological excavation in Britain in modern times
Aldis Hodge
The Invisible Man star is redefining what it means to be Black in Hollywood. His latest role, in Regina King’s directorial debut, is no exception
At Death’s Door
His Russian-doping story, Icarus, won the Oscar for best documentary. In a new film, Bryan Fogel reveals harrowing details of the Khashoggi killing
Low Fidelity
Why the best screenplay adaptations pervert their novels of origin
Zooming with the Cast of The Wire
Is America finally ready for David Simon’s HBO masterpiece?
Tuppence Middleton
In Mank, the vibrant British actress plays “Poor Sara,” the put-upon wife of Herman Mankiewicz
All About Eve with Strippers?
A Q&A about T&A. How Showgirls, one of Hollywood’s raunchiest movies, came to be
Olivia Cooke
For the actress, who at 26 has already starred in Ready Player One, Modern Love, and Vanity Fair, the pandemic offered a much-needed re-start
Zeina Durra
With Luxor, the British filmmaker brings romance to the ruins of the Egyptian Pharaohs
He Keeps 007 in Gear
Good news: Ben Whishaw returns as Q in the new James Bond. Not good news: the film is still delayed
Just When You Thought He Was Out…
Francis Ford Coppola is pulling us back in with a new edit of The Godfather Part III, timed to the film’s 30th anniversary
Hypnotized by Chess
Beth Harmon’s doe-eyed gaze reflects centuries of chess in art history
Schlock and Awe
Confessions of a male Hallmark-Christmas-movie addict
Jean-Luc Godard at 90
The New Wave director pokes the artificial veil of Instagram
