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  1. chat room
    House of the Dragon’s Mysaria/Rhaenyra Moment Was Not in the Script“It was unknown where the scene was going to go,” says Sonoya Mizuno, “but it just felt right.”
    By Zoe Papelis
  2. role call
    Helen Hunt Answers Every Question We Have About TwisterThe actress on performing with Bill Paxton, what it was like to be temporarily blinded on set, and what her future with the franchise looks like.
    By Rachel Handler
  3. ‘im in it!!’
    A Real-Life Storm Chaser Answers All Our Questions About TwistersYouTuber Jordan Hall tells us all about driving into a tornado.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  4. finale thoughts
    ‘The Fascist, the Narcissist, the Villain Has Won’The big bad of The Boys has never been ambiguous to Antony Starr.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  5. closure
    Nava Mau Brought the ‘Teri Fire’ to Baby ReindeerOn separating the character from her real-life inspiration and her most difficult day on set.
    By Manuel Betancourt
  6. finale thoughts
    Even Tom Hollander Felt Pressure Holding Court for the Swans“You know they’re all interesting people themselves, but you have all the lines in the scene.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  7. a long talk
    A Royale LineageThe Carol Burnett Show inspired her career. Now Kristen Wiig stars in a TV show with her hero.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  8. chat room
    Gayle Rankin Was ‘Struggling Every Day’ to Define Alys RiversBut we should know more of the Witch Queen of Harrenhal’s story before HOTD’s season ends, she teases.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  9. chat room
    House of the Dragon’s Harry Collett Applauds Jace’s ‘Genuinely Good Suggestion’“If it was going to be anyone, it was going to be Jace, because no one would have the balls — or or even the mind — to suggest that to Rhaenyra.”
    By James Grebey
  10. chat room
    Eric Bogosian Would Get Naked for Interview With the VampireHe’d do anything for showrunner Rolin Jones, actually.
    By Rebecca Alter
  11. exit interview
    How Clipped Dramatized the Facts to Expose the TruthShowrunner Gina Welch on filling in the narrative gaps of the Donald Sterling affair “in a way that implicated the viewer.”
    By Jen Chaney
  12. chat room
    House of the Dragon’s Ewan Mitchell Wanted His Nude Scene to Shock You“All of these people in front of him? They mean nothing.”
    By Sean T. Collins
  13. chat room
    Delainey Hayles Played Claudia’s IWTV Tragedy Like a Volcano“The moment that Lestat walks onstage is the moment that she reaches peak frustration.”
    By Roxana Hadadi
  14. chat room
    House of the Dragon’s Phia Saban on Playing Helaena’s Worst-Case Scenario“She’s still very much in the beginning of processing her own grief, and suddenly she’s just an object for the people’s grief to be projected onto.”
    By James Grebey
  15. venice 2023
    Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border Is an Urgent Warning“I never had such a strong experience with audience reaction like I did with this film.”
    By Rachel Handler
  16. theater
    The Merrily Leads Are Old Friends NowIn Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, and Daniel Radcliffe’s hands, the show is a Broadway hit at long last.
    By Jason P. Frank
  17. ‘yielding flesh’
    Making Bridgerton Sound Hotter Is Her Day JobMeet the Polin stan responsible for the Netflix romance’s extra-spicy audio descriptions.
    By Savannah Salazar
  18. negotiations
    How Anti-‘Algorithm’ Richard Linklater’s Hit Man Ended Up at NetflixThe Glen Powell–starring festival smash seemed destined for a big theatrical release. A rainmaking sales agent walks us through what happened.
    By Chris Lee
  19. adaptations
    The Double Loss of Under the BridgeShowrunner Quinn Shephard on the beauty and grief of adapting the Hulu series with the book’s late author, Rebecca Godfrey.
    By Jen Chaney
  20. finale thoughts
    William Stanford Davis Is the King of Abbott Elementary“If the kids come and ask him questions, he’s going to give them a better answer than the teachers.”
    By Devon Ivie
  21. chat room
    Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau, the Babes Babes, on Motherhood and Poop“There is so little art out there that uses what is uniquely a woman’s experience as hard comedy.”
    By Matthew Jacobs
  22. better things
    Babes Was a Labor of LoveIn directing a feature about motherhood, Pamela Adlon found the sweet spot between slapstick and body horror.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  23. chat room
    Jack O’Connell Says the Amy Winehouse Biopic Isn’t ‘Pointing Fingers’The Back to Black star on finding compassion for the late singer’s ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  24. starburned and unkissed
    Caroline Polachek Explains Her ‘Straight-Up Grunge’ Moment“Starburned and Unkissed,” Polachek’s song for the I Saw the TV Glow soundtrack, was inspired by Kurt Cobain and “temporary celibacy.”
    By Rachel Handler
  25. humane
    Caitlin Cronenberg on That Time She Showed Ryan Gosling Her Buttcrack PiercingThe first-time director on getting into the family business with her debut Humane, and making conversation with movie stars.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  26. a long talk
    ‘Making a Movie About Religion Feels Dangerous Right Now’Ethan and Maya Hawke discuss closet Christians, American sins, and making a film about faith.
    By Rachel Handler
  27. the old oak
    ‘Hope Is Political’Ken Loach on the end of his 60-year filmmaking career and what he’s learned about power and the working class.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  28. a man possessed
    What Scares David DastmalchianThe Late Night With the Devil star is no stranger to facing demons.
    By Isaac Feldberg
  29. a long talk
    Giancarlo Esposito Finds Elegance in Every Bad GuyThe Gentleman and Parish are giving one of Hollywood’s greatest journeymen his long-deferred shot at antihero stardom.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  30. exit interview
    ‘I Hate Clear Blue Skies’Why Steven Zaillian brought a monstrous, black-and-white version of The Talented Mr. Ripley to Netflix.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  31. rated t for teen
    A Joker by the People, for the PeopleComedian Vera Drew’s debut film is radical, moving, and definitely not affiliated with the DCEU or Warner Bros. in any official capacity.
    By Rebecca Alter
  32. q+a
    Geoff Rickly Ripped the Band-Aid Off to Make a New Thursday SongTheir first single in 13 years arrived after a “contentious” writing session.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  33. q&a
    Who Is Rooting for Corey Stoll in Appropriate?“A real strength of the play is how people’s allegiances are constantly shifting.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  34. q+a
    A Peace Summit With the Libertines LadsPete Doherty and Carl Barât agreed to some ground rules to make their new album. But what about an interview?
    By Devon Ivie
  35. interview
    Shōgun’s Moeka Hoshi Knows the Power of Good Communication“I see Fuji as a flexible person. Or, rather, she becomes as such.”
    By Ben Rosenstock
  36. chat room
    3 Body Problem’s Jess Hong Can’t Believe Jin Let Her Friend Donate His Brain“You have to be so ambitious to allow that kind of desire to surface.”
    By Ben Rosenstock
  37. chat room
    Andrea Riseborough on Co-Parenting With The Regime’s Dictator“I spent a great deal of time moving air purifiers and bowls of steaming potatoes in and out of rooms.”
    By Jen Chaney
  38. q&a
    ‘I Don’t Know How Much of It Is Immoral’Jerrod Carmichael’s surreal new HBO docuseries Reality Show puts all his relationships to the test. He’s still living with the aftermath.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  39. exit interview
    The 3 Body Problem Creators Just Want to Give You More Spectacle“By the last season or two, we would be giving people an experience they’ve never had before.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  40. finale thoughts
    3 Body Problem Made Rosalind Chao a Braver PerformerAnd inspired her to watch herself onscreen for the first time in decades.
    By Sean T. Collins
  41. chat room
    Love Is Blind’s AD Smith Is Sorry She Made You CryThe season-six main character talks about where she stands with her many suitors.
    By Sarah Hagi
  42. chat room
    Sarah Ann Bick Didn’t Go on Love Is Blind to Make Friends“I got what I came for.”
    By Sarah Hagi
  43. a long talk
    ‘We Suck. And We Know It. So We Keep Trying.’Best Actress Oscar Winner Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos explain what makes collaborations like Poor Things work so well.
    By Rachel Handler
  44. interview
    OPPENHEIMER
    How Cillian Murphy Found His ‘Resting Physicist’s Face’“My job is to convince the audience that Oppenheimer knows what he’s doing. I really spent most of the time working on his psychology.”
    By Bilge Ebiri
  45. interview
    OPPENHEIMER
    It Sure Feels Good to Have Robert Downey Jr. Onscreen AgainDowney wanted a new experience, and he got it in his Oscar-winning Oppenheimer role.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  46. chat room
    Peter Weber Took Pride in Being a Faithful“The level of satisfaction of being able to get to the end would’ve been much higher.”
    By Ben Rosenstock
  47. a long talk
    The Action Sofia Boutella Wants to SeeThe busiest woman in genre film is asking writers and editors to treat her face-smashing characters as seriously as she does.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  48. chat room
    Feud’s Diane Lane on the Dual Tragedies of Slim Keith“She had experience with this kind of betrayal, a previous scar. It was a very character-defining thing.”
    By Marah Eakin
  49. dune: part haiku
    Josh Brolin Explains His Viral Poetry for Dune: Part Two“I love that there’s a poem that they exploited into the idea that I wanted to sleep with Timothée.”
    By Fran Hoepfner
  50. q&a
    Wendy Williams Documentary EPs Say They Had Her Best Interests At Heart“We obviously didn’t know at all that she had been diagnosed with dementia when we started this project; we wouldn’t have done it.”
    By Alessa Dominguez
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