Todd Haynes Rewrites the Hollywood Playbook
In film after film, including his latest, “Dark Waters,” the director asks viewers to contend with ambiguity.
November 4, 2019
Suzy Batiz’s Empire of Odor
After making a fortune off Poo-Pourri, the serial entrepreneur is spreading her gospel of corporate mysticism.
October 28, 2019
Adam Driver, the Original Man
Why so many directors want to work with Hollywood’s most unconventional lead.
October 21, 2019
Edna O’Brien Is Still Writing About Women on the Run
At eighty-eight, the regal Irish novelist is publishing new fiction—and recalling her early rise to fame.
October 7, 2019
A Photographer at the Ends of the Earth
Thomas Joshua Cooper risks his life to document the world’s remotest places.
September 30, 2019
Constance Wu’s Hollywood Destiny
Coming late to celebrity, the star has felt the burden of representing all Asian-Americans.
September 16, 2019
James Gray’s Journey from the Outer Boroughs to Outer Space
“Ad Astra” is the filmmaker’s biggest production yet. Is it also his most personal?
September 9, 2019
How Matthew Lopez Transformed “Howards End” Into an Epic Play About Gay Life
“The Inheritance,” opening soon on Broadway, reimagines E. M. Forster’s novel as a lovingly wry portrait of New York’s gay community.
September 2, 2019
The Survival of Iggy Pop
An inventor of punk rock on his long career, the future, and swimming in Miami.
August 26, 2019
Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of Trump
How he became a heartland evangelical—and the President’s most loyal soldier.
August 19, 2019