Culture
Life in Plastic
In Barbie, Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie try to find art in commerce.
7.24.2023
Saving the Movie Star From Extinction
Florence Pugh ushers in a new generation of Hollywood stardom.
6.26.23
What Mindy Kaling Has Learned About Making Great TV
Mindy Kaling’s production company makes the list of Time’s 100 most influential companies.
3.30.22
George Miller Can’t Quit Mad Max
George Miller Can’t Quit Mad Max
5.08.24
One Show to Rule Them All
Inside The Rings of Power, the most expensive TV series ever made.
8.15.22
Tessa Thompson Is the Superhero Hollywood Has Been Waiting For
Why Tessa Thompson should represent the future of movies
5.16.19
Wonder Woman Breaks Through
She’s been a suffragist, a soldier, and a sex symbol. But it took 75 years to bring the world’s most famous female superhero to the big screen. Why we need Wonder Woman now.
12.19.16
Saoirse Ronan’s Radical Women
Rejecting parts as an ingénue, sidekick or temptress, Ronan has racked up an impressive résumé of complex, unpredictable characters.
6.3.16
The Seriously Funny Comedian
Daily Show host Trevor Noah is finding his voice in the Trump era.
2.2.17
Black Widow Began as a Sexist Stereotype. Scarlett Johansson Is Reclaiming Her Story
Scarlett Johansson on Black Widow’s revenge.
7.2.21
James Cameron Is Reconsidering Some Things
The notoriously mercurial director is trying to become a more flexible and collaborative leader on the set of Avatar: The Way of Water
2.16.23
Ryan Coogler Is Entertainer of the Year
In a year marked by division, the Black Panther director proved that a movie can bring people together
12.10.18
The Handmaid’s Tale, Retold
Elisabeth Moss and Margaret Atwood discuss the newfound urgency of The Handmaid’s Tale
4.12.17
Widows Is a Heist Movie About So Much More Than Crime
Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, and Steve McQueen on a delicious action flick with real consequences.
11.8.18
Charlize Theron Goes Nuclear
A brief history of the struggle to make action movies starring women.
7.26.17
Women Flip the Script
Sandra Bullock and other A-Listers are hunting down Hollywood’s best new roles—those written for men.
10.22.15
There’s More to Gina than Jane
“People were like, ‘You’re just a little Latina actress. How are you going to be a director?’”
1.17.19
Everyone’s a Superhero
Marvel is winning new fans by bringing diversity to its comic books.
8.27.15
Winona Ryder, Woman Interrupted
The icon discusses her comeback and the Johnny Depp allegations.
6.27.16
The Subversive Delights of Killing Eve
Sandra Oh returns to TV in a radically feminist mystery series.
4.5.18
Michael B. Jordan Punches His Way to a New Weight Class
With Creed, Jordan already has a plan to take over Hollywood.
11.19.15
Behind the Scenes of Netflix’s Crown Jewel
Why Netflix is betting big on an ambitious drama about Elizabeth II.
10.27.16
How Director Taika Waititi Managed to Make Thor Funny
Waititi takes Marvel for an indie spin.
11.2.17
Donald Glover Doesn’t Care What You Think Anymore
Glover finds his voice with Atlanta.
8.25.16
Alison Bechdel Is No Longer Trying to Outrun Death
The fate of an author who grew up in a funeral home may be that every book she writes becomes a contemplation on mortality.