Out of Control
Filmed in secrecy in the months since the coronavirus outbreak, Alex Gibney’s new documentary delivers the true tale—and scope—of the U.S.’s failure
Killing Jason Bourne: Stoppard’s Secret Movie Scripts … Revealed!
Britain’s most esteemed playwright quietly contributed to the scripts for Star Wars, Schindler’s List, The Bourne Ultimatum, My Mom’s a Werewolf, and 102 Dalmatians, among others
Collins on the Rocks
American expats are fuming over Emily in Paris, Darren Star’s absurd new Netflix series
Trump’s Spitting Image
Get ready for a new cast of puppets—Beyoncé! Bezos! Kardashians! Kanye! Ivanka! Thunberg! Zuckerberg!—as Britain’s biting, satirical, take-no-prisoners Spitting Image returns to television
A Different Draft of History
Oktoberfest 1900 gives the Bavarian beer festival an injection of Scorsese menace and mayhem
Lust in Translation
Bill Murray is back in the picture in Sofia Coppola’s new film about Gen X marriage, On the Rocks
Hear Them Roar
Susan Sontag, Germaine Greer, Norman Mailer, and others battle over “women’s lib” in a rarely seen documentary about the epic 1971 all-star debate
A Stand-Up Duchess
Fearless, filthy, and brash, Katherine Ryan is a single mother—and Netflix star—seizing her moment
“I Know Those Guys”
Before he met Nora Ephron, Nick Pileggi learned everything he needed to know to write Goodfellas in Bensonhurst
Bake-Off Bakes On
Fans of The Great British Baking Show, as it’s known in the U.S., will be relieved to learn that the show will soon come back for its 11th season
Wax On, Wax Off
Cobra Kai, a TV-series sequel to The Karate Kid, pays worthy homage to the original while undoing it
Alan Partridge Has Something to Say
“It’s the real, raw, be-cardiganed me.” Britain’s No. 1 raconteur is back with a podcast
Last Night I Dreamt I Saw Rebecca Again
Armie Hammer and Lily James revisit Daphne du Maurier’s gothic romance
Mean Girl
Ellen DeGeneres faces accusations of, well, you name it
Jack Mulhern
At 26, the actor has acted in series for Netflix, Hulu, and HBO. This week sees the premiere of his first movie, a coming-of-age hockey story that hits close to home
Creature Comforts
James Herriot’s country vet returns to the small screen
Daring Duo
A writer on Succession teams up with the star of Secret Diary of a Call Girl in a new series, I Hate Suzie
A Different Sputnik
Oksana Akinshina stands out as the hardened heroine of a Russian version of Alien
So, What Explains Cats?
The secret to creating a hit musical lies in an ancient Greek number
U.S./U.K. Football: Same Word, Different Sport
Jason Sudeikis plays a U.S. coach who takes over a Premier League team
A Dickens Masterpiece for These Times
David Copperfield is no dusty relic but something sparkling—and very modern
Frenemies, Cold War–Style
Dominic West and Damian Lewis take on one of the greatest spy scandals ever
Behind The Painted Bird
The contentious Holocaust author Jerzy Kosiński turned down every offer for a film adaptation. A Czech filmmaker finally takes on the story
