Pirates and Traders
The DVD is still king in Lagos’ Alaba International Market for Electronics.
Excerpted from Nollywood: The Making of a Film Empire.
Movies & TV
Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies
The film executive hired private investigators, including ex-Mossad agents, to track actresses and journalists.
Greta Gerwig’s Radical Confidence
A profile of the Lady Bird director.
The True Crime Story Behind a 1970 Cult Feminist Film Classic
Meet the inspiration for Barbara Loden’s Wanda.
Park Chan-wook, the Man Who Put Korean Cinema on the Map
A profile of the “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden” director.
Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories
Multiple women share harrowing accounts of sexual assault and harassment by the film executive.
The Emperor Miramaximus
A profile of Harvey Weinstein.
A Former Superagent Bets Big on a More Diverse Hollywood
Charles D. King tries to change the entertainment landscape.
Jackie Chan’s Plan to Keep Kicking Forever
The legendary stuntman launches a new phase of his expansive career.
Into The Woods
Moviemaking with the Mulleavy sisters.
In Conversation: John Cleese
“We’re living in the age of assholes now.”
How Kevin Smith Makes Big Business Out of Niche Audiences
The slacker auteur reinvents himself.
Ken Burns's American Canon
A profile of the documentary filmmaker.
They Came. They Sawed.
In 1973 a ragtag group of Texans scrounged up $60,000 and created a film so violent and visionary that it shocked the world. But the story behind the making of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is even stranger than the film.
Interview: Gene Roddenberry
An interview with the mind behind Star Trek.
Critical Failure
What happened to film critic Armond White?
Interview: Jerry Lewis
An 11-hour conversation about “well, just about everything that’s ever been funny.”
Oprah Winfrey Is On a Roll (Again)
An ode.
The Story of the DuckTales Theme
A woo-hoo heard around the world.
How to Make a Movie Out of Anything — Even a Mindless Phone Game
Hollywood is aggressively adapting material that doesn’t have a narrative or even any characters. But not all intellectual property is created equal.
LimeLight
A profile of Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali.
The Remaking of Donald Trump
With The Apprentice, Trump rose to a level of popularity with minorities that the GOP could only dream of. Then he torched it all to prepare for a hard-right run at the presidency.
Interview: T.J. Miller
On leaving a very successful TV show:
"I’m me, the guy that thinks all of this is sort of ridiculous. It was a joke. Leaving was a joke that I thought would be a good joke because the show would grow and change. It seemed like a funny trick to play on everyone. It’s just like, what if Kramer [Michael Richards] left in the middle of Seinfeld’s height? And also what if that guy never said the n-word on a stage? What if that was the end of this character? I just thought that would be really fascinating."
Who Owns Black Pain?
On race and risk in American culture.
Who Do You Want Elisabeth Moss to Be?
A profile of the Handmaid’s Tale star.
