Cruise Control
A Royal Air Force navigator steers us into the Top Gun sequel’s aviation mistakes
The Revolving Staircase
The true story behind the HBO Max drama The Staircase takes yet another disturbing step
Monica Barbaro
Top Gun: Maverick’s sole female pilot talks learning stunts from Tom Cruise
A Welcome Russian Invasion
The director and Putin critic Kirill Serebrennikov spent the last few years in detainment. Now he’s back at Cannes with a new film—and a lot more to say about his homeland
Lucy Boynton
The Bohemian Rhapsody and Politician actress plays a Cold War–era spy in her latest role
Talk of the Town
The team behind Normal People returns with Sally Rooney’s literary debut, Conversations with Friends
Alison Oliver
For her first on-screen role, the Irish actress is cast in Conversations with Friends
Confessions of a 10-Percenter
With the arrival of the English version of Call My Agent!, a real one shares tales of what life is really like behind the screams
Lydia Leonard
The actress reprises Camille Cottin’s role in Ten Percent, the British remake of the hit French show Call My Agent!
Tom Blyth
The British actor went from sidewalk charity campaigner to the star of a new series on Billy the Kid
In the U.K., L.A. Sells
Why do Brits love Selling Sunset, the tacky reality-TV show set in L.A.’s most ostentatious neighborhoods?
Love in the Time of Colanders
On air for 11 seasons, Frasier made David Hyde Pierce a household name, and now he’s back on TV as chef Julia Child’s adoring husband
Noémie Merlant
The French actress is breaking into Hollywood the same way she stormed Paris from the provinces
A New Gold Mine for Movie-Lovers
Fun City Editions gives fans access to long-out-of-circulation treasures
Simon Rex
The former MTV V.J. went from a botched Good Will Hunting audition to a failed rap career. His new film, Red Rocket, is something of a comeback
The Robin Hood of Art
How did a British taxi driver abscond with a Goya masterpiece through a National Gallery toilet window? A new film starring Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent has the answer
The Greatest Showman
With a combined box office of $27 billion from his films, 73-year-old Samuel L. Jackson is the highest-grossing actor of all time—and maybe the most outspoken
All About Andy
The former editor of Warhol’s Interview magazine on what Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix series, The Andy Warhol Diaries, gets right and wrong
Jayme Lawson
Since graduating from Juilliard, the young actress has gone from an Off Broadway performance to The Batman. Next up: a young Michelle Obama
Isabel May
Ahead of Sunday’s 1883 finale, the Hollywood starlet looks onward
Medieval Chivalry for the Modern World
Director Joe Wright’s new anti-musical musical adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac has shades of his own off-screen love triangle
Jessica Plummer
She went from singing at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show to sharing the screen with Nicole Kidman. Now the actress takes a starring role in The Girl Before
Renate Reinsve
The actress stars in Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, Norway’s Oscar submission, which just earned a place on the Best International Feature Film short list
Re-Inventing Anna
Rachel DeLoache Williams was friends with Anna Sorokin when Sorokin was still “Anna Delvey,” living large on borrowed credit cards. Now she’s watching the fraudster become a star again