Alex Barasch
When the Party’s Over
The director Molly Manning Walker relived her wasted youth to create her début feature, “How to Have Sex.”
How Mads Mikkelsen Generates Sympathy for the Devil
The Danish actor on his new film, “The Promised Land,” the difference between working on indie films and starring in Hollywood franchises, and his love of Buster Keaton.
Play the Worst Version of Yourself
The Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Silva and the actor Jordan Firstman dissect the doppelgängers they play in the black comedy “Rotting in the Sun.”
After “Barbie,” Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire Toybox
In an era when “pre-awareness” rules Hollywood, the company is ginning up plots for everything from Hot Wheels to UNO.
Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way of Life” Is a Queer Western Without Repression
The short film, starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as reunited ex-lovers, is the Spanish auteur’s vibrant, sensual riff on an often macho genre.
“The Idol” Is All Smoke and Mirrors
The kinky hookups between the protagonists, played by Lily-Rose Depp and the Weeknd, are wince-inducing, but hardly scandalizing in the way that the HBO show intends them to be.
The Ending of “The Last of Us” Is Supposed to Be Uncomfortable
How Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, the creators of the HBO series, thought through the show’s controversial finale.
Can a Video Game Be Prestige TV?
For decades, games’ stories have been lost in translation. With “The Last of Us,” Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin are charting a different path.
Steven Yeun: Patriarch, Outsider, Loyal Boyfriend, Sociopath, Producer
Having followed his star turn in “Minari” with “The Humans,” the Korean American actor will soon turn up in a horror movie directed by Jordan Peele.
The Leftist Lawyers Who Think the Supreme Court Sucks
The hosts of “5-4,” a popular legal podcast, hope to combat overly romantic notions about our broken system.
Annie Murphy’s One-Eighty
The “Schitt’s Creek” star discusses trading Alexis Rose’s “socialitey” vocal fry for a working-class Boston brogue on the meta sitcom-drama “Kevin Can F**K Himself.”
Josh Thomas’s Comedy of Self-Diagnosis
After his beloved series “Please Like Me” ended, the writer and actor decided to make a sitcom about autism. Then he wondered why.
A Show About the AIDS Era, Just in Time for the COVID Era
Russell T. Davies, the creator of HBO Max’s “It’s a Sin,” is on a mission to make shows in which gay characters are not defined by illness.
The Stunning Second Life of “Avatar: The Last Airbender”
The Nickelodeon cartoon—now on Netflix, and more popular than ever—engages directly with the perils of encroaching authoritarianism and the consequences of endless war.
Remote Comedy’s Technical Difficulties
As New York City shut down, a Lower East Side club started streaming standup shows—and struggled to contend with boomers on Zoom.
Wrangling Men for Alia Shawkat
In a daylong theatrical marathon at BAM, the “Arrested Development” star acted out a single spat—with a hundred different men.
When the Party’s Over
The director Molly Manning Walker relived her wasted youth to create her début feature, “How to Have Sex.”
How Mads Mikkelsen Generates Sympathy for the Devil
The Danish actor on his new film, “The Promised Land,” the difference between working on indie films and starring in Hollywood franchises, and his love of Buster Keaton.
Play the Worst Version of Yourself
The Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Silva and the actor Jordan Firstman dissect the doppelgängers they play in the black comedy “Rotting in the Sun.”
After “Barbie,” Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire Toybox
In an era when “pre-awareness” rules Hollywood, the company is ginning up plots for everything from Hot Wheels to UNO.
Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way of Life” Is a Queer Western Without Repression
The short film, starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as reunited ex-lovers, is the Spanish auteur’s vibrant, sensual riff on an often macho genre.
“The Idol” Is All Smoke and Mirrors
The kinky hookups between the protagonists, played by Lily-Rose Depp and the Weeknd, are wince-inducing, but hardly scandalizing in the way that the HBO show intends them to be.
The Ending of “The Last of Us” Is Supposed to Be Uncomfortable
How Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, the creators of the HBO series, thought through the show’s controversial finale.
Can a Video Game Be Prestige TV?
For decades, games’ stories have been lost in translation. With “The Last of Us,” Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin are charting a different path.
Steven Yeun: Patriarch, Outsider, Loyal Boyfriend, Sociopath, Producer
Having followed his star turn in “Minari” with “The Humans,” the Korean American actor will soon turn up in a horror movie directed by Jordan Peele.
The Leftist Lawyers Who Think the Supreme Court Sucks
The hosts of “5-4,” a popular legal podcast, hope to combat overly romantic notions about our broken system.
Annie Murphy’s One-Eighty
The “Schitt’s Creek” star discusses trading Alexis Rose’s “socialitey” vocal fry for a working-class Boston brogue on the meta sitcom-drama “Kevin Can F**K Himself.”
Josh Thomas’s Comedy of Self-Diagnosis
After his beloved series “Please Like Me” ended, the writer and actor decided to make a sitcom about autism. Then he wondered why.
A Show About the AIDS Era, Just in Time for the COVID Era
Russell T. Davies, the creator of HBO Max’s “It’s a Sin,” is on a mission to make shows in which gay characters are not defined by illness.
The Stunning Second Life of “Avatar: The Last Airbender”
The Nickelodeon cartoon—now on Netflix, and more popular than ever—engages directly with the perils of encroaching authoritarianism and the consequences of endless war.
Remote Comedy’s Technical Difficulties
As New York City shut down, a Lower East Side club started streaming standup shows—and struggled to contend with boomers on Zoom.
Wrangling Men for Alia Shawkat
In a daylong theatrical marathon at BAM, the “Arrested Development” star acted out a single spat—with a hundred different men.