The world’s most famous child star grows up.

A profile of documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras, who last January received “a curious e-mail from an anonymous stranger requesting her public encryption key.”

An interview with Murphy at the apex of his power, just before the release of Harlem Nights.

“Let me say that again: Hedy Lamarr, arguably the most glamorous star of the pre-war period, also helped invent your cell phone and WiFi connection.”

Meet Mark Millar, the brains behind our era’s most violent, ingenious comics.

Script doctor Damon Lindelof explains the new rules of blockbuster screenwriting.

A 22,000-word breakdown of Kubrick’s “odyssey portraying the span of millennia.”

Making the case that all Pixar movies exist on a cohesive timeline in the same universe dominated by a central theme: the battle between animals, humans and machines.

How Gaby Hoffman, who had roles in Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck and Sleepless in Seattle, survived child stardom.

On set in Mexico with the Duke.

A Southland Tales fanboy goes down the rabbit hole with the movie’s director.

On film comedy’s silent beginnings.

Inside Brigham Young University’s successful animation program.

“The mythical image of Malick that has been built up over the last 30-odd years is, in essence, a creation of the same media corps with whom the filmmaker himself has continually chosen not to engage.”

On dissident filmmakers in Syria.

A drunken evening with the Primer and Upstream Color director.

An interview with a blotto Lee Marvin.

Two decades later, unpacking a historic bust.

“Ebert: Sometimes we do really dislike each other.

Siskel: And sometimes we don’t.”

“The first time I was ever published in a book was 1997. It was because I found Roger Ebert’s email and asked him a question.”

An oral history of Siskel and Ebert.

On Aint It Cool News’ Harry Knowles, who built an influential empire on insider movie news while wheelchair-bound and at one point weighing over 500 pounds, then lost it all.

On reading and writing fan fiction.

Welcome to World of Wonder, the Hollywood production company that celebrates “outsiders, 16th-minute celebrities, conspiracy theorists, penis puppeteers, dictators, street hustlers, porn stars, hackers, homicidal club kids, gender deviants, furries, plushies, and Tori Spelling.”

France, wealth and the saga of tax exile Gérard Depardieu.