‘Cuckoo’ Star Hunter Schafer on Her Horror Phase, Life Beyond ‘Euphoria,’ and Falling in Love With Techno

‘Cuckoo’ Star Hunter Schafer on Her Horror Phase, Life Beyond ‘Euphoria,’ and Falling in Love With Techno

Schafer has also been working on channeling her own creative vision. “I feel this constant desire to put more energy into stuff behind the camera,” she tells me. “Fuck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob,” the 2021 Euphoria episode that she cowrote with creator, Sam Levinson, is a strange lullaby about trans-ness, hormones, and male … Read more

Here’s the Sultry First Full-Length Trailer for ‘Industry’ Season 3

Here’s the Sultry First Full-Length Trailer for ‘Industry’ Season 3

Industry’s first season was a rare and seismic television event that united culture journalists and finance bros alike. United, that is, in their jaw-clenching displeasure, induced by the antics of the show’s characters. The banking drama’s sophomore season was an easy follow-up—sewing back together the detritus left by the Season 1 finale, and then quickly … Read more

Zosia Mamet and Saoirse-Monica Jackson’s Onscreen (and IRL) Chemistry Is the Best Part of ‘The Decameron’

Zosia Mamet and Saoirse-Monica Jackson’s Onscreen (and IRL) Chemistry Is the Best Part of ‘The Decameron’

Now I’m curious—how does Irish press differ? Jackson: Irish press is really, really lovely. I’m obviously well used to it, but I think UK press is such a different landscape. Mamet: We had so many Irish outlets for our junket day, and it felt like the overall vibe was just excitement. It was like your … Read more

The Best Indie and Art-House Horror Movies of the Summer Are All Out This Month

The Best Indie and Art-House Horror Movies of the Summer Are All Out This Month

So far, the year’s horror offerings have been a mixed bag, but that’s fine—that’s what summer is for. This July, however, we’re being treated to a bounty of excellent, and very scary, things to see. We’ve already had Maxxxine, a love letter to slick 1980s horror from Ty West, and the prequel A Quiet Place: … Read more

See All the Madcap New Stills From ‘Emily in Paris’ Season 4 (Guest Starring Rupert Everett)

See All the Madcap New Stills From ‘Emily in Paris’ Season 4 (Guest Starring Rupert Everett)

Then, on June 5, 2024, Lily Collins finally shared some tantalizing first stills, after which Netflix released the official Season 4 synopsis: “After the dramatic events of Camille and Gabriel’s misbegotten wedding, Emily is reeling: she has strong feelings for two men, but now Gabriel’s expecting a baby with his ex, and Alfie’s worst fears … Read more

40 Thoughts I Had While Watching Episode 1 of ‘Simone Biles Rising’ on Netflix

40 Thoughts I Had While Watching Episode 1 of ‘Simone Biles Rising’ on Netflix

Like most human beings, I am a massive fan of gymnast Simone Biles, so when I heard that her life and road to recovery after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics would be the subject of a four-part Netflix docuseries, I was thrilled. Every part of Biles’s life is on the table in Simone Biles Rising, from … Read more

Director Laurent Bouzereau on His New Faye Dunaway Documentary

Director Laurent Bouzereau on His New Faye Dunaway Documentary

The actress lit up, describing her memories of an electric time: the release of her first big film, nightclubs and dancing, the spirit of rebellion in 1960s New York. Bouzereau took out the magazine, which Dunaway had not seen in decades. “She started crying,” Bouzereau says. “I knew I had won her heart a bit.” … Read more

Shannen Dohery’s Brenda Walsh Was a Difficult Girl—And That’s What Made Me Love Her

Shannen Dohery’s Brenda Walsh Was a Difficult Girl—And That’s What Made Me Love Her

“TV’s brashest 21-year-old talks revealingly about her wild past, her brief engagement, and ‘people who think I’m a bitch,’” the coverline next to a picture of Shannen Doherty reads on a 1992 issue of People magazine. A year later, on another People cover: “Out of Control! These days, Beverly Hills’ hard-partying, check-bouncing bad girl may … Read more

Nicole Kidman Goes All Big Little Lies in the First Trailer for Netflix’s ‘The Perfect Couple’

Nicole Kidman Goes All Big Little Lies in the First Trailer for Netflix’s ‘The Perfect Couple’

Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s pulpy pageturner of the same name and directed by The Undoing’s Susanne Bier, the six-part murder mystery is set to follow “Amelia Sacks (Behind Her Eyes’s Eve Hewson), a bride marrying into one of Nantucket’s wealthiest families. The groom’s mother Greer Garrison Winbury (Kidman), a famous novelist, spares no expense on … Read more

51 Thoughts I Had While Watching Episode 1 of ‘Owning Manhattan’

51 Thoughts I Had While Watching Episode 1 of ‘Owning Manhattan’

Given how wildly expensive most things in Manhattan are—from a bagel, right on upward—the notion of actually owning property here can seem downright absurd. But selling New York City real estate is broker Ryan Serhant’s whole deal and the subject of a brand-new Netflix series, Owning Manhattan. (Basically, think Selling Sunset, but not in Los … Read more