How the director of Midnight Special thinks strategically about his art and his career.

Kate del Castillo, the actress who brought Sean Penn to Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, tells her side of the story.

A trip to the zoo, Charlie Kaufman’s new film, and human despair.

How David Milch, the creator of NYPD Blue and Deadwood, blew his $100 million fortune at the track.

A profile of Paul Reubens and his subversive alter ego.

Winona Ryder has always been trapped in her own anticipatory nostalgia, and the public has always wanted to keep her there.

Behind the character Ursula in The Little Mermaid was a legendary drag queen from Baltimore named Divine.

“In this scene, set at a government dacha, they are joined by their American counterparts at the State Department for a daylong picnic that grows increasingly informal, involving drinks, flirtation, a guitar jam and (spoiler) contact between two spies. At times in my new job, I feel like a spy myself, and one with a shaky cover. I don’t have a good answer for how I got here.”

Celebrated doctor Paolo Macchiarini was not all that he seemed.

A profile of Tyler Perry.

Fargo, Damages, Cheers, and Leslie Nielsen’s fart machine.

A profile of Transparent creator Jill Soloway.

How Michael Lewis’s The Big Short became a Hollywood comedy.

An interview with Michael Schur, who wrote for Saturday Night Live and The Office before co-creating Parks and Recreation and Brookyn Nine-Nine.

“I faced death and all that shit. It’s my responsibility to come back and come back strong. It’s going to take more than a Walmart truck to take that gift away. I can’t wait to make you all laugh. Especially you, Mike. And I already did that today. So all is good.”

Looking back on the making of Sam, Bill, and Neal.

The 79-year-old actor, too creaky to get off the couch, interviewed at his palatial Florida mansion about love, fame, and how he’s in okay financial shape despite the fact that a surveyor is taking measurements of his house as he speaks.

“Norbert Grupe—a Nazi soldier’s son, boxer, professional wrestler, failed actor, criminal, and miserable human being who was never so happy as when he could make someone hate him—was once a man so beautiful that other men wanted to paint him.”

With three shows currently in production, Ryan Murphy, creator of Glee and American Horror Story, is one of the few show runners whose name commands an audience.

A portrait of Speidi today, complete with crystals, tequila and a vacillation “between having no regrets and having many.”

The story of how Michael Larson cracked the code of Press Your Luck, winning $104,950 in cash, a sailboat ($1,015), and two all-inclusive trips.

“I love stand-ups, and I feel it’s the one thing I know about that I could actually judge, besides people’s morals.”

“I probably am mellowing. I’m happy about that. I was a pretty angry young man, but if I were angry now, it’d be like, What the fuck is my problem? I’ve got a really terrific life. It’s so rare to be an artist in my position.”

An early profile of Diane Keaton.