David Canfield

The two actors explain Noah Baumbach’s new Hollywood tale, which forced them to dig deep and forge a tight bond: “I kept telling the cast, ‘Don’t call him Sand Man.’”

Between Venice’s and TIFF’s lineup announcements this week, the fall movie season has snapped into focus. Here’s what to know.

The network has called the cancellation “purely a financial decision”—but it feels like only the beginning of the end for an entire genre.

One guild has temporarily banned the use of generative AI; another doesn’t even require disclosure of its usage. Inside the mad dash to define the technology that’s sweeping the town.

Plus: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in Chloé Zhao’s Shakespeare drama, and Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst in the stranger-than-fiction ‘Roofman.’

David Mamet said that he was asked to write a movie about Hunter Biden. But The Prince’s director and star tell Vanity Fair their film should not be viewed that way—and that it’s intently nonpartisan.

For years, no one would make it. When it came out, some celebrities refused to see it—or vote for it at the Oscars. Brokeback Mountain’s filmmakers reveal what it took to defy the odds.

The Matlock star talks candidly about longevity, mental health, and the decades she spent feeling like she didn’t belong.

“I never get a chance to do anything funny,” says the ‘Mare of Easttown’ Emmy winner. That changed in a big way on ‘Hacks’ season four.

Films from Iran, Norway, and Germany seem like potential front-runners for the Palme d’Or, while Jennifer Lawrence and Wagner Moura’s powerful performances could net them the top acting prizes.