The Re-invention of John Stonehouse
Succession star Matthew Macfadyen leads a raucous new drama about the stranger-than-fiction story of a British politician who faked his own death in 1974
Family Fiction
The Super 8 Years brings the Nobel Prize–winning French novelist Annie Ernaux’s high literary style to the screen
Mr. Bad Guy
No one was a better thug on-screen, or off, than Lawrence Tierney
Lighter than Air
Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 short, “The Red Balloon,” is high art for all ages
Luke Millington-Drake
While the British actor is best known for his Keira Knightley parodies on TikTok, his TV career is taking off
Diego Calva
For his first role in an American movie, the Mexican actor stars alongside Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie in the Hollywood epic Babylon
Vicky Krieps
The Phantom Thread actress stars as Empress Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria, a role previously inhabited by Romy Schneider and that hints at Princess Diana’s struggles, in Corsage, out next week
Beatrice Grannò
The Italian actress discusses her American-TV debut: The White Lotus, Season Two
The Next Step
Published just before the pandemic, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse captured the world with its message of kindness and went on to become the all-time best-selling U.K. hardback. Now the illustrated tale is headed to the big screen on Christmas Day
The Duke and Duchess of Drama
Harry and Meghan’s new Netflix documentary ignores reality for the higher purpose of demonizing the royal family—and elevating themselves
It’s Complicated
A new film re-examines Tolstoy’s marriage—a subject that has inspired more than a century of commentary, from dueling novellas to literary mock trials
Packages and Kings
How, amid the wreckage of Heaven’s Gate, a couple of young agents rebuilt the movie business in their own image
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gainsbourged
From the perils of aging to the joys of parenthood—and the undertow of depression—the French singer and actress is now happily looking ahead
Go Big or Go Home
A new generation is discovering the pleasures of classic movies at Alexander Olch’s Lower East Side revival house, Metrograph
The King of Lies
Separating fact from fiction in the latest, heavily fabricated season of The Crown
The Jewel Is The Crown
Even though Season Five of Netflix’s hit series is a laughable portrait of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, the show’s critics will keep watching
The Bike Picture
How a long-haired band of outsiders with a 16-mm. camera, $300,000, and “a hell of an idea” re-invented American movies with Easy Rider
Pauline Chalamet
Although the star of The Sex Lives of College Girls grew up in a family of actors, writers, and directors, she resisted a life in the arts for years
Everybody’s Talkin’
How a disruptive new technology—sound—brought an end to the silent era and gave rise to the studio system. An exclusive excerpt from Hollywood: The Oral History
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Based on the best-selling book of the same name, and with unprecedented access to secret military archives, a new BBC drama tells how a group of maverick officers formed the S.A.S. in the darkest days of World War II
Notes from New York’s Independent-Film Scene
The director Michael Almereyda discusses working with Ethan Hawke, Sam Shepard, and David Lynch
Kerry Condon
After two decades focused on her craft, the actress has suddenly become the talk of Hollywood with her role in Martin McDonagh’s latest film
Grace Gummer
The actress, a member of a great acting family, is pivoting from theater to television
Misery Porn
Blonde is sexist, cruel, and degrading—so why is it currently the No. 1 film on Netflix?