“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
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
Mean Girl
Ellen DeGeneres faces accusations of, well, you name it
Creature Comforts
James Herriot’s country vet returns to the small screen
A Different Sputnik
Oksana Akinshina stands out as the hardened heroine of a Russian version of Alien
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
U.S./U.K. Football: Same Word, Different Sport
Jason Sudeikis plays a U.S. coach who takes over a Premier League team
So, What Explains Cats?
The secret to creating a hit musical lies in an ancient Greek number
A Dickens Masterpiece for These Times
David Copperfield is no dusty relic but something sparkling—and very modern
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
Frenemies, Cold War–Style
Dominic West and Damian Lewis take on one of the greatest spy scandals ever
The Sun, the Moon, and the Star
Eve Hewson takes on her biggest role, in the adaptation of the Man Booker Prize–winning novel The Luminaries
Elena Ferrante Does Not Take a Summer Holiday
Filming part three of the brilliant friendship between Lila and Elena gets underway in a few months
Dawn Porter
The filmmaker known for exposing racial injustice has a new documentary on John Lewis
2020: A Movie Odyssey
What can American audiences learn from Asian cinemas during this pandemic?
Shades of Black
The first major African-American filmmaker still has a lot to tell us
“That’s What She Said!” (And He, Too)
A brief, writers’-room oral history of The Office
Before Cable Was Cool
A new book tells the story of CNN, Ted Turner, and the birth of the 24-hour news cycle