The book-to-Hollywood movie pipeline can be, well, unreliable (I’m looking at you, Hillbilly Elegy, not that the source material in that particular case was so unimpeachably good to begin with), but still, I can’t help being excited for the forthcoming big-screen adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s 2021 novel Nightbitch. The film, which stars Amy Adams as … Read more
Having reshaped the zeitgeist in her slime-green, that-bitch image (and announced she’ll be kickstarting London Fashion Week with an H&M-sponsored rave), Charli XCX is packing her Parliaments and heading to Hollywood, where she’s joining the cast of Gregg Araki’s contribution to the burgeoning May-December canon, I Want Your Sex. Penned by Vogue columnist Karley Sciortino … Read more
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We need shows like this. I’m all for subtlety, fine writing, immaculate TV vibes—I’m watching Industry like everyone else—but I also need straight-up nonsense. In fact, I require it at the tail end of summer, when fall is at the door and the demands of the serious season loom. So let me recommend UK’s wonderfully … Read more
We have officially entered a MILF-aissance. Following the critical success of May December, it seems like every studio executive worth their salt is trying to harness the movie magic that only a woman sleeping with a much younger man can create. Since the Oscar-nominated film premiered last year, no fewer than five movies with age-gap … Read more
Photo: Giulia Parmigiani/Netflix And as for new additions to the cast for part two? On July 18, the streamer revealed that none other than the beloved British actor Rupert Everett would be coming on board as Giorgio Barbieri, the owner of a global interior design firm based in Rome, who has been friends with Sylvie … Read more
The 10 episodes ranged from forgettable at best to excruciatingly boring at worst. (An exception must, however, be made for the Ayo Edebiri-directed “Napkins,” centered on Liza Colón-Zayas’s Tina, which is excellent.) While the likes of Bridgerton and Emily in Paris left me in a zen-like state, I found even ambiently watching The Bear extremely … Read more
We’ve seen an uptick in method-dressing from actors and performers of late; the practice seems virtually synonymous with acting and film culture in this particular moment. But FKA Twigs has always taken a singular, character-embodying approach to her public appearances, whether she’s publicizing her forthcoming album Eusexua or her role in the film The Crow, … Read more
Watching Sean Wang’s new dramedy Dìdi feels a little like flipping through an old photo album. Starring Izaac Wang as Chris, an alternately disaffected and loving teenage boy coming of age in a Taiwanese American family in 2008, it’s rife with grainy YouTube skate videos, chats with AIM’s SmarterChild bot, and MySpace “Top 8” ranking … Read more
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Autumn is nearly here—as unbelievable as that may seem to those of us still blasting our ACs—and the coziest of all seasons demands a brand-new slate of movies and TV shows to devour at will. Luckily, Netflix is delivering just that, so get ready for the second installment of the fourth season of Emily in … Read more
Victoria Beckham already stole the show in Netflix’s sweeping, tumultuous docuseries Beckham, with that viral moment in which she—admittedly after some goading from David—revealed what car she was driven to school in (answer: a Rolls-Royce, of course). But now, she’s doing one better: that is to say, taking center stage in her very own Netflix … Read more
