“Three giant telecoms are gonna make and own all the content, and they’re not gonna want anyone else to make it.”

How the CIA used a fake science fiction film to sneak six Americans out of revolutionary Iran. The declassified story that became Ben Affleck’s Argo.

For more than 20 years, Judith Sheindlin has dominated daytime ratings—by making justice in a complicated world look easy.

Despite what dementia has stolen from the cerebral creator of Deadwood, it has given his work a new sense of urgency.

On a century of Muslim misrepresentation in Hollywood.

The business of being him is becoming a whole lot more fun.

The director Stacy Title is paralyzed and cannot speak. But she is determined to make one final movie.

A profile of the actor following a car accident that left him briefly in a coma and ultimately with a settlement so large he never has to work again.

How a big crime in a small town produced a whodunit as gripping and colorful as “The Wizard of Oz” itself.

John Singleton at the release of Boyz n the Hood.

How HGTV changed a city.

“Every generation gets its own Keanu Reeves, except every generation’s Keanu Reeves is this Keanu Reeves.”

A profile of Elaine May, one the most important figures in American pop cultural history—and one of the most hidden.

The untold story behind the mysterious disappearance of Fan Bingbing, the world’s biggest movie star.

“I admit it,” she says, in her hotel room. “I’m a troll. I’m the queen of the fucking trolls.”

An interview with the comedian.

The appearance of an ultra-rare Boba Fett with the missile rocks the insular world of Star Wars toy collectors.

A profile of the director and actor.

A profile of Harmony Korine, the creator of Kids, Spring Breakers, and The Beach Bum.

A profile of reality-TV star Jax Taylor.

As early as 1948, the Oscars sucked.

Life as a young actor when you’re about to become a movie star.

Discussions of character with the Late Show host.

From Driving Miss Daisy to Green Book.

Not knowing what these movies were “about” didn’t mean it wasn’t clear what they were about. They symbolize a style of American storytelling in which the wheels of interracial friendship are greased by employment, in which prolonged exposure to the black half of the duo enhances the humanity of his white, frequently racist counterpart. All the optimism of racial progress — from desegregation to integration to equality to something like true companionship — is stipulated by terms of service.

The Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been trailed by accusations of sexual misconduct for 20 years. Here, his alleged victims tell their stories.