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?
The Last Laugh
Fawlty Towers could never be made today. But 47 years after it premiered, the show still perfectly captures a certain type of small-minded, social-climbing, xenophobic Englishman who is now all but extinct
Fernando Casablancas
The model and artist makes his TV debut in a reality show about downtown Manhattan’s creative class
Reality Bites
Rumored to be the most expensive TV show of all time, Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings prequel confirms that fantasy, a once mocked and belittled genre, is now a mainstream money-spinner
Rebels with a Cause
In Gutsy, a new TV docuseries, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton traverse the globe in search of inspirational and high-achieving women, but if their tedious banter is any indication, they barely know one another
Never Again
With his latest epic historical documentary, Ken Burns enters a very contemporary debate
The Rise and Rise of Ziggy Stardust
Moonage Daydream is the far-out, maximalist documentary David Bowie would have wanted
Lashana Lynch
The actress, who has played an Olympic athlete, a James Bond spy, and now a 19th-century warrior, credits her upbringing for her resilience
Love and War
Advise & Consent is rightly remembered as a classic Washington movie. It was also an important—if complicated—moment in gay history
Cynthia Addai-Robinson
To step into J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantastical world for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings prequel, the actress found common ground with her royal character
To Catch a Con
Rogue Agent dramatized one of the strangest criminal cases in recent British history. Its release helped lead to an international manhunt
Owen Kline
The actor’s directorial debut, a film about a young cartoonist finding his way, reflects his own childhood spent studying comic books and haunting video stores
Weird Science
Are the people in Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal knowing participants—or guinea pigs in a mad behavioral experiment?
Smells Like Team Spirit
From Hollywood to Wales—a charming new documentary follows actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney on their quest to revive Britain’s unluckiest football club
Fifty Shades of Britain
In England, Channel 4 has brought the dating show to uncharted territory by featuring naked contestants
Child’s Play
For the past 25 years, South Park has been an equal-opportunity offender. One writer can’t get enough
Vivienne Acheampong
With The Sandman, a Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s comic book, the actress has entered the DC universe
