Celebrity Life
Amazon’s Divine Period Romance The Pursuit of Love Gives Classic Social Satire a Modern Twist
Writer-director-actor Emily Mortimer hits all the sweaty, swooning highs and melancholic lows of Nancy Mitford's roller-coaster plot, with a particular eye for comedy
Why Scarlett Johansson Is Suing Disney Over Black Widow
The suit will likely have a major impact on whether studios decide to release major films already in the can to streaming services as the pandemic threatens to surge for a fourth wave in the U.S
Matt Damon Shines in Stillwater, an Uneven Thriller Inspired by a Real-Life Murder Case
The one constant is Damon, who’s turning out to be one of those great, casual American actors we didn’t know we had anymore
Music Television Is Everywhere Post-MTV. But Does It Have to Be So Nostalgic?
In the years since MTV abandoned its eponymous mission, much of the programming devoted to an art form synonymous with youth, newness and immediacy has become weirdly nostalgic
Mena Suvari Is Ready to Own Her Past
Many of us know Mena Suvari as the wholesome choir girl from the 1999 comedy American Pie or the teen who becomes the object of Kevin Spacey’s infatuation in the 1999 drama American Beauty. Yet after decades of portraying fictional women, Suvari, 42, is ready to open up about her own life. In her new…
The Green Knight Is an Extravagant Unicorn Tapestry of a Movie
Dev Patel stars in David Lowery's confident, enchanting retelling of a 14th century poem set in medieval England
The Tokyo Olympics’ Somber Opening Ceremony Was Saved—Barely—by the Athletes
It’s not hard to imagine Japan one-upping its predecessors with the most elaborate, colorful pop spectacle of all time. Yet Tokyo's Olympics opened on a far more somber, muted note
FBoy Island and Sexy Beasts Represent the Best and Worst of 2021’s Trashy Summer Dating Shows
When it comes to entertainment value—the only criterion by which it’s fair to judge this stuff—the distance between good and bad trash can be vast
M. Night Shyamalan Squanders a Rich Premise in Old
A reverse fountain of youth could have been a great jumping-off point to riff on human fears of aging, but Shyamalan doesn't go there
The Last Letter From Your Lover Falters Often, But Its Illicit Romance and Gorgeous Costumes Go Straight to the Pleasure Zone
Enough, for now, to keep the flagging genre alive
Tommy Dorfman Would Like to Clarify
Hollywood began to take notice soon after I published my debut novel Detransition, Baby—which follows a trans woman, a cis woman and a trans woman who has detransitioned as they try to form an unconventional family—in early 2021. One of the calls was from the actor Tommy Dorfman. I figured Tommy would ask about a…
Britney Spears’ Pop Legacy Goes Way Beyond Her Music
If the Britney Spears catalog turns out to be complete as it stands today, how will we look back on her career?