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
June 3, 2020
Final Cut Parisian cinephiles are in an uproar over the actions of an American real-estate investor
Haifaa Al Mansour The Saudi filmmaker gives audiences a picture of life in her secretive, ultra-conservative home country
Freeze-Frame Even during the lockdown, Hollywood remains a town where you need to look behind the scenes
The Light Side of the Moon Space Force is a bit like The Office but in outer space. Best of all? Steve Carell returns to comedy
Martini, Anyone? Christine Baranski on The Good Fight, her bathrobe-clad Sondheim tribute, and spending lockdown in a house full of children
Is Unorthodox Inauthentic? A dissenting take on the popular Netflix mini-series, one among a growing genre of escape-from-Judaism stories
May 19, 2020
How to Build a Movie Star Beanie Feldstein is irresistible as a high-schooler who leaps onto the masthead of a high-profile music magazine
The #uck of the Irish The sex-soaked mini-series Normal People gets people horny for Ireland
Paris, When It Sizzles The director of La La Land and Whiplash returns with his newest project: a love song to music, set in a French jazz club
The Gold Standard Is 1962 secretly the greatest year ever for movies?
Movieland’s Most Threatening Cliff-Hanger A pandemic has shut down the dream factory. Will it survive? As the weeks grind on, some fear it may not
The Pumping Station Ryan Murphy’s new series is a seamy fantasy of postwar Hollywood—and the garage owner who serviced the stars
Catch-007? In 1965, Joseph Heller was hired to adapt Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale. For sheer absurdity, his script was no match for events
Smut and Vinegar One company’s mission to restore vintage pornography and rare genre films gives new meaning to the word “artisan”
Read Any Good TV Lately? Even when shows are in English, more and more viewers choose to watch with captioning. So, what’s the story?
Isobel Waller-Bridge The musician talks about scoring the film Emma; her sister, Phoebe; and what kind of sounds suit a hot priest
A Vlog to Remember Anne Frank’s diary is retold as a YouTube video about a teenager in hiding from the Nazis
Can Normal People Make It on TV? Fans worship Sally Rooney as the voice of a generation. But will her best-seller translate to TV?
All Hail Tiger King! It’s the strangest, weirdest documentary in ages—and in this strange, weird moment gives us what we crave: fun
March 31, 2020
