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Paul Schrader on Faith, Facebook, and Bisexual Awareness

October 14, 2024

Over coffee in Manhattan, the “Oh, Canada” director talked to us about sexuality, Calvinism, big-budget cinema, “Joker: Folie à Deux,” and his search for a new personal assistant.

RORSCHACH TEST

Claudia Conway on Hunter Biden, Alternative Facts, and Project 2025

October 14, 2024

In anticipation of November 5th, we asked the daughter of George and Kellyanne to sound off on Fox News, Ella Emhoff, iPad babies, and the Electoral College.

GAY

How Marwan Kaabour Wrote the Definitive Guide to Queer Arab Slang

October 11, 2024

The London-based graphic designer and linguist paid us a visit on his North American book tour to talk about “The Queer Arab Glossary.”

COVER

“Yo, Get Out My Room”: North West, in Conversation With Her Mom

October 11, 2024

Born into superstardom. Raised in front of the world. Still hates school.

Isabelle Huppert

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“I Like to Be Alone on Stage”: 15 Minutes With Isabelle Huppert

October 11, 2024

We met the French actor for a morning coffee at L’Alliance New York to talk ambiguity, intuition, and her latest film, director Hong Sang-soo’s “A Traveler’s Needs.”

OFF MENU

The Paige DeSorbo Guide to Being an Italian-American Princess

October 11, 2024

In this month’s installment of Off Menu, we took “Summer House” star Paige DeSorbo to New York’s hottest new Italian spot for a lesson in spaghetti and meatballs.

COVER

The Anthony Edwards Era Has Arrived

October 10, 2024

Before he makes another run at a championship, the most electrifying force in the NBA got on a call with his fellow ATL native Chris Tucker to talk about, among other things, the price of being great.

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Rachel Kushner on Creation Lake, Political Fiction, and Staying Off Twitter

October 10, 2024

The award-winning novelist joined us to talk about her latest book, “Creation Lake,” and the writers who inspire her, from Don DeLillo to Cormac McCarthy.

COVER

Jennifer Lopez Tells Nikki Glaser How a Turbulent Summer Changed Her

October 9, 2024

After a canceled tour, the end of a marriage, and an internet pile-on that felt particularly brutal, the comedian Nikki Glaser found a J.Lo who was more than ready to talk.

SOUNDCHECK

“The Internet Is Basically One Giant Cop”: Backstage at MSG With Jack Antonoff

October 9, 2024

We joined the Bleachers frontman backstage to find out what he’s learned playing alongside Taylor Swift and why he isn’t listening to “bots and shitheads” on the internet.

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“It’s Fucking Bullocks, Basically”: 45 Minutes With Hard Truths Director Mike Leigh

October 9, 2024

The Palme d’Or-winning “Hard Truths” director met up with Jeremy O. Harris to talk about the troubled state of cinema and why Los Angeles is a “tedious place to be.”

SMOKE BREAK

“It’s My Dark, Twisted Fantasy”: A Nine-Minute Cig With Filmmaker Olmo Schnabel

October 9, 2024

At the Roxy Cinema premiere of his film “Pet Shop Days,” the director shared his thoughts on Oedipal relations, growing up downtown, and working with Willem Dafoe.

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“How Do You Feel About Getting Old?”: Robert Longo, in Conversation With Richard Price

October 8, 2024

Before the opening of Longo’s comeback show, “Searchers,” the artist talked to his friend Richard Price about burnout, filmmaking blunders, and the pleasures and pitfalls of getting older.

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“You Can’t Put Me in Any Box”: 30 Minutes With Filmmaker Mati Diop

October 8, 2024

“I always felt much more heard and understood than in France,” the director told Jeremy O. Harris of New York City after the NYFF premiere of her sophomore feature, “Dahomey.”

STUDIO VISIT

Sculptor Brian Oakes on Fedora Guys and Sorting Machines

October 7, 2024

At Blade Study, where his show “SEED” is on view this month, the artist talked to us about dioramas, “fedora guys,” and why pressing buttons is compulsive.

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“I’m Optimistic for the Collective Soul”: 30 Minutes With Filmmaker Jacques Audiard

October 7, 2024

After the NYFF premiere of his genre-bending musical crime thriller “Emilia Perez,” the French director met up with Jeremy O. Harris to talk fear and Fosse.

OUTSIDE

“I’m an Adrenaline Junkie”: Bar Hopping With DJ John Summit

October 7, 2024

Only a few hours after getting punched in the face in Times Square, the DJ and party boy John Summit joined us in the Lower East Side to talk bottles and baddies.

SCREEN TIME

How Lauren Greenfield Captured the Reality of Growing Up Online in Social Studies

October 4, 2024

The master documentarian joined us at New York’s Roxy Cinema to talk Instagram-face, comparison culture, and her sobering new mini-series, “Social Studies.”

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RaMell Ross Wanted to Play in the NBA. Now He’s Opening New York Film Festival.

October 4, 2024

Just after opening New York Film Festival, the director of “Nickel Boys” joined Jeremy O. Harris to talk astrology, art school, and abandoning his hoop dreams to make movies.

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Curator Dennis Lim Takes Us Inside the 62nd New York Film Festival

October 4, 2024

A few days into the New York Film Festival, Jeremy O. Harris sat down with programmer Dennis Lim to discuss this year’s formally diverse slate of movies.