Production was shut down three times, the stars often clashed, and studio executives were baffled. Here’s how a difficult shoot led to an Oscar-winning masterpiece.

“Yesterday I was just googling, I was going on YouTube to see how to microwave pasta.”

A profile of Marlon Brando, 33, holed up in a hotel suite in Kyoto where he was filming Sayonara.

Hunting child predators with actress Marisol Nichols.

The iconic actor played Iceman, Doc Holliday, Batman, and Jim Morrison, but behind all the mythic roles was a man grasping for meaning wherever he could find it. Here he opens up about cancer, strength, and death.

The making of Caddyshack.

Tina Fey, Mike Schur, and 35 more TV writers on what their characters would do in a pandemic.

Why is the actor wrestling—and nearly dying in the ring—at the age of 48? For pride, acceptance, and to undo the mistakes of his past.

Behind the scenes of the survivalist reality-TV show.

'It’s raised the bar,' Craig finally conceded. 'It’s fucking raised the bar.'

Once pigeonholed as “the hottest blonde ever,” the star of Birds of Prey has become one of Hollywood’s most promising producers.

On theme parks in America.

What happens when humans, not algorithms, are in charge.

The 39-year-old—call him ‘Mack’—has been liberated longer than you realize.

As the city is transformed by gentrification and inequality, comedies have begun depicting it as a place of magical connection.

Ari Emanuel’s failure to launch.

In January 2000, American Pyscho bombed at Sundance. It was just the beginning.

How the museum-quality 55,000 film collection that an East Village video store gave away ended up in a small, possibly mob-run village in Sicily.

A profile of Larry David.

Anthony Minghella’s 1999 film adaptation, starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and the coast of Italy, has become a cult classic (and a warning).

A new Ned Kelly film explores the masculinity behind the mask.

In 1964, with “Seven Up!” Michael Apted stumbled into making what has become the most profound documentary series in the history of cinema. Fifty-five years later, the project is reaching its conclusion.

The first magazine profile of the actor in more than 20 years.

The film is a rare portrayal of black people in our fullness—angry and frightened and hurt, euphoric and loving and free.

A profile of the film critic.