Film

NYFF

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.

Isabelle Huppert

NYFF

“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.”

REMAKE

Nathalie Emmanuel Tells Omar Sy About Life On Set With Francis Ford Coppola

October 10, 2024

The “Game of Thrones” star tells her friend and former co-star how she kept Francis Ford Coppola’s secrets on the great, big set of his comeback film, “Megalopolis.”

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.

NYFF

“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.

Eugene Kotlyarenko

NYFF

Filmmaker Eugene Kotlyarenko Gets Freaky in the Criterion “Bangbus”

October 8, 2024

The director talks depravity and John Waters ahead of the New York premiere of his latest film, “The Code.”

NYFF

“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.”

NYFF

“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.

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.”

NYFF

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.

NYFF

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.

DIRECTOR

“I Put Tits in My Movie”: Alexi Wasser, in Conversation With Janicza Bravo

September 26, 2024

The first-time director talked to her friend Janicza Bravo about vaping, on-screen nudity, and the many inspirations for her debut feature, “Messy.”

IN CONVERSATION

Nicholas Alexander Chavez Tells Javier Bardem How He Became a Monster

September 23, 2024

To mark the release of “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” the co-stars talked to one another about staying sane while channeling family trauma for the camera.

SPOTTED

The Stars of the Toronto International Film Festival, From Day to Night

September 19, 2024

At TIFF, photographers Maya Fuhr and Myles Pettengill shot the stars of this year’s biggest movies, from Rachel Sennott and Jacob Elordi to Matt Damon and Pamela Anderson.

PREMIERE

The Cast of Monsters Takes Us Inside the Infamous Menendez Murders

September 19, 2024

To mark the latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s true crime anthology, we went to Hollywood to track down its stars Chloë Sevigny and Javier Bardem.

ON SECOND THOUGHT

Ghost Got Horrible Reviews”: Demi Moore Remembers the ’90s

September 11, 2024

Our September cover star looks back on becoming the highest-paid actress in history, surviving the critics, and the Vanity Fair covers that cemented her as an American icon.

DIRECTOR

“This Is a Fucking Therapy Session”: Lee Daniels, in Conversation With Glenn Close

September 10, 2024

The director of “The Deliverance” met up with his muse Glenn Close to discuss the movies that first inspired him, from “Mandingo” to “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

IN CONVERSATION

How Directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae Made the Year’s Most Wrenching Documentary

September 6, 2024

Angela Patton and Natalie Rae joined composer Kelsey Lu to discuss the process of making “Daughters,” a new documentary following four young girls as they prepare to be reunited with their incarcerated fathers.

IN CONVERSATION

Giovanni Ribisi Tells Josh Brolin How a Midlife Crisis Led Him to Cinematography

September 5, 2024

The 49-year-old actor, who shot the serial killer thriller “Strange Darling,” talked to his old friend Josh Brolin about making movies in the greedy age of streaming.