Deadly Pleasures to Watch and Read
This month’s best mystery books and TV shows
30 Years of Friends
From Matthew Perry’s addiction issues to David Schwimmer’s leather pants, the creators and actors of the hit sitcom tell the story of how it came to be, three decades after its first episode
Anna Sawai
The star of Shōgun discusses her J-pop past and hopes for the second season of Pachinko
A Gold-Medal Stunt
The Paris Olympics was one for the ages. Then, attention-seeking Tom Cruise jumped through the roof of the Stade de France
Ennui au Soleil
Françoise Sagan’s debut novel, Bonjour Tristesse, caused a sensation, rocked the sleepy town of St. Tropez, and helped usher in an era of rebellious youth
Black and White and Bond All Over
The James Bond comic strip closely foreshadowed the films—and helped Sean Connery get the title role
Escaping the Fame Trap
Josh Hartnett gave up Hollywood stardom for small movies, family life, and a herd of pygmy goats in the British countryside
The Everyman Leading Man
Glen Powell can play heartthrob, goofball, or action hero—he’s the charming, jock antidote to Timothée Chalamet
Good Material, Bad Girl
A much-troubled film about Madonna is finally in the works—but can it survive its subject’s notorious perfectionism and boorish manners?
Kevin Costner’s Post Apocalypse
The Postman was meant to be the Oscar winner’s magnum opus—instead it became the tale of a superstar’s self-indulgence
Clarence Maclin
In his breakout role, the formerly incarcerated actor stars alongside Colman Domingo and Paul Raci in the semi-biographical film Sing Sing
Black Sun
Gritty and glamorous, Chinatown combined the best of Old and New Hollywood
You’re Only as Old as You Look
A new Tom Hanks film uses groundbreaking A.I. technology to transform the actor into his fresh-faced, 1980s self
Thomas Doherty
After playing cheeky bad boys in High Fidelity and Gossip Girl, the 29-year-old actor is taking on a much darker role in his first indie film, Dandelion
The Bikeriders Diaries
Director Jeff Nichols reveals how his new film, based on Danny Lyon’s seminal 1968 photo series of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club, came to be
Jodie Comer
Fresh off her starring role in the West End and Broadway hit Prima Facie, the actress stars opposite Austin Butler in The Bikeriders
Who Is the Real Rebecca Minkoff?
Accused of hypocrisy and workplace hostility, the fashion designer—and devout Scientologist—has gone from #Girlboss to horrible boss to Real Housewife
The Face in the Mirror
James Corden’s chummy charm conquered America, but the United Kingdom isn’t so keen
The Remains of the Day
How an intrepid director and a truly star-studded cast came together to make the 1962 war epic The Longest Day, against odds that almost rivaled the real event
Lola Peploe
For the actor’s directorial debut, she’s revisiting her grandmother’s legendary life and painting career
Owen Teague
The young star of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes discusses acting with C.G.I. and making it in Hollywood
One-Frame Films
Set photographer Alfonso Avincola captured some of the 20th century’s greatest actors, from the divas of Italian neo-realism to the Young Turks of New Hollywood
The Oral History of a Summer Classic
Thirty years on, the cast and crew of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Britain’s most successful—and delightfully profane—romantic comedy ever, look back on the highs and lows
Soaringly Sozzled Onstage
Withnail and I is one of the most beloved—and bibulous—British films of all time. But can this bucolic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas be properly adapted into a play?
