Can Special Effects Be Special Again?
How the VFX industry plateaued —and where it might go from here.
Movies & TV
Frustration, I Love You
A profile of Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
It Happened One Night . . . at MGM
When Patricia Douglas was raped by an MGM salesman at a 1937 studio party, the 20-year-old dancer filed charges, taking on Hollywood’s most powerful institution.
The Last Curious Man
The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those who knew him best.
"Yeah, I'm Not For Everyone"
Lena Dunham comes to terms with herself.
'Fight Club' With Better Jokes
An oral history of Garry Shandling’s secret pickup basketball game.
Michael K and the Disappearing Celebrity Blogger
Searching for the star behind Dlisted.
New Energy
Ezra Miller is the gender-bending, goat delivering Hollywood star of the future.
Inside the Tiger Factory
Behold the marvel of the animal’s fabrication.
Melissa McCarthy Wants to Cheer You Up
She’s trying to keep comedy alive at a moment when Hollywood—and its audience—can’t seem to crack a smile.
Raised by YouTube
The platform’s entertainment for children is weirder—and more globalized—than adults could have expected.
The Morality Wars
Should art be a battleground for social justice?
The Movie Assassin
On growing up, writing, and succumbing to bullshit.
Bradley Cooper Is Not Really Into This Profile
On A Star Is Born and the celebrity industrial complex.
How Asia Got Crazy Rich
Toward a materialist history of the blockbuster movie.
How Maya Rudolph Became the Master of Impressions
A profile.
How BoJack Horseman Got Made
An oral history.
Riz Ahmed Acts His Way Out of Every Cultural Pigeonhole
From HBO to ‘Star Wars’ to Shakespeare, he has discovered how to excel beyond tidy genres.
Cary Fukunaga Doesn't Mind Taking Notes from Netflix's Algorithm
A profile of the director.
Tessa Thompson Knows People Can’t Stop Thinking About Her
A profile of the actress.
Spike Lee Wants 'BlacKkKlansman' to Wake America Up
The director’s provocative new film will change the way you think about racism
Who's Afraid of Tom Arnold?
Inside Arnold’s manic, occasionally dishonest quest to find tapes of Trump using slurs on the set of The Apprentice.
The Duke in His Domain
A profile of Marlon Brando, 33, holed up in a hotel suite in Kyoto where he was filming Sayonara.
Dick Cavett in the Digital Age
Dick Cavett, the “last great intellectual talk-show host,” at 81.
Home Sweet Homer
The strange saga of the real-life Simpsons house in Nevada.
