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With The Teachers’ Lounge, Leonie Benesch Prepares for Global Stardom on Her Own Terms
She felt “unprotected” as a teen breakout in a lauded Michael Haneke film. Over a decade later, she’s back in the Hollywood spotlight—and ready to forge her own path.
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A Deep Dive Into The Zone of Interest’s Chilling Presentation of Evil
Jonathan Glazer reveals how he used AI, thermal photography, ambitious visual effects, and more to create a Holocaust film unlike any other.
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Danielle Brooks’s Lifelong Dance With The Color Purple’s Sofia
The Orange Is the New Black breakout star says it was “not an easy road, by any means” to landing the role in the new musical adaptation of the classic.
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The Secret of Ferrari’s Realistic, Terrifying Car Races—and Crashes
Three-hundred-ninety-three vehicles, nine replicas, and some creative sound design resulted in some of the most immersive car-racing scenes ever put on film.
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The Images of All of Us Strangers: Heartbreaking Confessions, Hot Sex, and Sweaty Nightclubs
Writer-director Andrew Haigh and his DP take Vanity Fair inside the making of their acclaimed film’s most striking scenes—from the sexiest to the saddest to, yes, the strangest.
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Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Society of the Snow Top Oscar Short Lists
Barbie surprisingly misses in hair and makeup but lands three original-song spots.
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The Golden Globes Announce Jo Koy as Host for 2024 Ceremony
The selection follows reports of several A-listers, including Chris Rock and Ali Wong, turning the gig down.
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Giving the World a Makeover, One Movie at a Time
Production designers for Poor Things, Asteroid City, Barbie, and Oppenheimer created inventive reimaginings for well-known locales.
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The Maestro Shot That Took Four Years to Get Right
Bradley Cooper and cinematographer Matthew Libatique on their years of preparation and the ability to “pivot and execute” for their Leonard Bernstein love story.
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Jack Black on His Christmas-Movie Rivalry and Those White Lotus Rumors
On the awards campaign trail for his Super Mario Bros. Movie song, “Peaches,” and fresh off an Emmy win, Black is hitting new milestones even more than two decades into Hollywood stardom.
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Is This the Year a Queer Actor Goes All the Way at the Oscars?
Films like Strange Way of Life, Cassandro, and All of Us Strangers could break down some of Oscar’s most stubborn walls this season.
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Carey Mulligan on the “Soul-Baring and Crying” That Made Maestro Possible
The actor used dream workshops and a deep dive into Felicia Montealegre’s past to embody Leonard Bernstein’s wife.
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Dua Lipa Thinks Greta Gerwig “Defied All Odds” on Barbie and Was Happy to Come Along for the Ride
The pop star tells Vanity Fair about “Dance the Night,” her secret contributions to the film during a busy world tour, and what she learned from reuniting with her “Electricity” partner Mark Ronson.
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With The Taste of Things, Juliette Binoche Confronted Her Past—And Paved a New Path Forward
The Oscar winner opens up about the profound insights gained from making her luminous new film, which France is campaigning for this year’s international-film Oscar.
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Will Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, or Barbie Be Crowned Best Picture?
Bold artistic gambles, sweeping historical dramas, and a pair of idiosyncratic blockbusters make for an unusually captivating top Oscar race.
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How Poor Things’ Intimacy Coordinator Made All Those Sex Scenes Possible
Elle McAlpine helped center Yorgos Lanthimos’s coming-of-age movie around female orgasm, modesty garments, and empowered sexual exploration.
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Greta Lee Isn’t Sure She Can Go Back to Supporting Roles After Past Lives
At the Unforgettable Gala in Beverly Hills on Saturday, Lee was honored before a predominantly Asian crowd: “I think it’s time now for us to be at the center of our own stories, on our own terms.”
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Smoking Is Back in Movies. Here’s Why
Maestro, Cassandro, Saltburn, and more movies this season use lighting up to capture time, character, and sometimes tragedy.
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Poor Things Screenwriter Tony McNamara Breaks Down One of Its Most Complex Scenes
For his first-ever adaptation, the writer of The Favourite created a character like no other, who “changes the way they speak every 15 minutes.”
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Before Cara Jade Myers Was Killers of the Flower Moon’s Secret Weapon, She Nearly Quit Acting
The heartbreaking scene-stealer of Martin Scorsese’s epic Oscar contender opens up about her struggles in Hollywood, her complex feelings around the film’s portrait of a Native American tragedy, and holding her own against DiCaprio and De Niro.
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Was This Strike-Struck Awards Season Hollywood’s Weirdest Ever?
No red carpets. No interviews. No promo, period—especially when actors joined writers on the picket line.