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Crime Movies & TV

Hunting the Con Queen of Hollywood: Who's the "Crazy Evil Genius" Behind a Global Racket?

She calls claiming to be Amy Pascal, Kathleen Kennedy, or some other powerful woman in entertainment. She knows personal details about her mark as well as the woman she is impersonating.

She offers work, then sends them—photographers, make-up artists, soldiers—around the world to bilk them out of modest amounts of cash.

Scott Johnson The Hollywood Reporter Jul 2018 Permalink

Movies & TV

In Conversation: David Lynch

“I’ve got these boxes of ideas and I’m starting to go through them to see if there’s any gold. “

David Marchese Vulture Jun 2018 Permalink

Movies & TV

The Trouble With Johnny Depp

How a Hollywood icon found himself at a dead end.

Stephen Rodrick Rolling Stone Jun 2018 40min Permalink

Media Movies & TV

How ‘Desus & Mero’ Conquered Late Night

“In a landscape in which black people dominate the culture but have few recognized channels to respond to it, the show, which stars two American black men, provides a venue for black authority in the mainstream.”

Jazmine Hughes New York Times Magazine Jun 2018 15min Permalink

Movies & TV

How Boots Riley Infiltrated Hollywood

How the rapper smuggled his radical anticapitalism into his new film Sorry to Bother You.

Jonah Weiner New York Times Magazine May 2018 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

The Fearless Cinema of Claire Denis

A profile of the filmmaker.

Alice Gregory New Yorker May 2018 25min Permalink

Movies & TV

How Hollywood Failed Brad Renfro

Studios want to hire kids with genuine depth, but the system in place to protect child actors isn’t equipped if their lives go perilously downhill.

Adam B. Vary Buzzfeed May 2018 Permalink

Movies & TV

The Woman Who Turns Actors into Stars

A profile of casting director Nina Gold.

Sophie Elmhirst The Guardian Apr 2018 25min Permalink

Politics Movies & TV Religion

Church of The Donald

How Christian TV became Trump’s most reliable media mouthpiece.

Ruth Graham Politico Apr 2018 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

A Reckoning with Reality (TV)

A love letter and the jacked up emotions of reality TV.

Lucas Mann The Paris Review Apr 2018 15min Permalink

Movies & TV

Lena Waithe Is Changing the Game

On the star who is re-writing the rules for the next generation.

Jacqueline Woodson Vanity Fair Mar 2018 15min Permalink

Movies & TV

There's Something Funny About Tiffany Haddish

“Tiffany Haddish may, in fact, be too good at being Tiffany Haddish. Too good at seeming like one of your friends who became famous. At times, she treats her new fame like she is on a group text with the world.”

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Caity Weaver on the Longform Podcast

Caity Weaver GQ Mar 2018 20min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Death in the Snow

In 2001, a young Japanese woman walked into the North Dakota woods and froze to death. Had she come in search of the $1 million dollars buried nearby in the film Fargo?

Paul Berczeller The Guardian Jun 2003 15min Permalink

Movies & TV

Enlisting an Audience

How Hollywood peddles propaganda.

Amos Barshad The Outline Mar 2018 10min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

The Male Glance

How the way we’re taught to look at female-centric TV, books and movies is ruining our ability to see good art.

Lili Loofbourow Virginia Quarterly Review Mar 2018 25min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Show the Monster

A profile of director Guillermo del Toro.

Daniel Zalewski New Yorker Jan 2011 50min Permalink

World Movies & TV

The Reckoning

Thirty years ago, a series of documentaries introduced the world to an isolated tribe in Papua New Guinea. What happened when the cameras left?

Sean Flynn Smithsonian Feb 2018 30min Permalink

Best Article Movies & TV

What Ever Happened To Brendan Fraser?

The disappearance of a once ubiquitous movie star.

Zach Baron GQ Feb 2018 20min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Laurie Metcalf Was Hiding in Plain Sight

“A unicorn, a monster, a phoenix, a machine, a heavyweight fighter, an astronaut, a superhero, a thoroughbred, a home-run hitter, a waitress juggling ‘16 entrees, 42 starters, 16 desserts,’ a jazz virtuoso, LeBron James, Magellan, Snuffleupagus. The actress Laurie Metcalf has been compared to all of these things.”

Willa Paskin New York Times Magazine Feb 2018 15min Permalink

Movies & TV

Timothée Chalamet Has Arrived Right on Time

A star explodes.

Daniel Riley GQ Feb 2018 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

Why ‘Black Panther’ Is a Defining Moment for Black America

On Ryan Coogler’s film.

Carvell Wallace New York Times Magazine Feb 2018 15min Permalink

Movies & TV

Make Yourself Up

On RuPaul and Drag Race.

Jenna Wortham New York Times Magazine Jan 2018 25min Permalink

Crime Movies & TV

Bad Boys

How Cops became the most polarizing reality TV show in America.

Tim Stelloh The Marshall Project Jan 2018 25min Permalink

Movies & TV

Jimmy Kimmel Doesn't Want to Cry

A late night host finds a new voice.

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Paterniti on the Longform Podcast

Michael Paterniti GQ Jan 2018 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

Katja Blichfeld Gets What She Wants

A profile of the High Maintenance co-creator.

Emily Gould The Cut Jan 2018 10min Permalink

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