In Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut Molly’s Game, Jessica Chastain plays real-life card shark Molly Bloom, an Olympic skiing hopeful-turned-poker game ringleader who catered to Hollywood A-listers. While the narrative, culled from Bloom’s memoir, may predate the #MeToo movement, the specter of sexual harassment and female objectification is a constant in ... More

When Modern Family wraps its last season, it will end a decade-long run that has seen Sofia Vergara receive four Emmy nominations, become an international spokeswoman, host Saturday Night Live, get married and earn $41.5 million in 2017. Aware that she will soon venture from the comfort of a ... More

If the modern class of Hollywood stars tends to be cautious and cynical, then Billy Magnussen is working against the tide. The ebullient and energetic star of the film Game Night, opening tomorrow, has built a career that, though relatively young, uniquely spans both genre and medium. He’s been on Broadway ... More

You’ll likely recognize Madeline Brewer from her devastating portrayal of troubled Tricia Miller on Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black,” or maybe from her portrayal of a ruthless soldier on “Black Mirror.” Whichever one comes to mind first—because trust us, they wouldn’t leave you anytime soon—one thing’s for certain: Brewer’s known ... More

“Don’t you want to say hello to the pretty lady?” Harvey Weinstein asks his 2-year-old son. A skeptical look crosses the little boy’s face, and instead of answering he hovers close to his father, waving his hand and flashing a smile at the stranger in front of him. The adults ... More

Seated on a sleek hotel suite sofa and ensconced in a plush robe, Diane Kruger seems an impossible distance away from the film role that earned her a Best Actress Award at Cannes and whispers of an Oscar nomination. But the brutally painful role remains within her. “It was ... More

It was a balmy late February, a typically sleepy season for film releases, when the comedy-horror parable Get Out set the internet ablaze with its highly meme-able commentary on the perils of well-meaning white liberalism. The film centers on a young black man meeting his Caucasian girlfriend’s family, whose overeager ... More

When he was cast as the lead in Christopher Nolan’s behemoth war flick Dunkirk, 20-year-old Fionn Whitehead hadn’t spent much time as a struggling actor—but his resumé suggested otherwise. “I was a barista and a childminder,” he says, “and a boat driver on the River Thames in ... More

When it comes to transitioning from child to adult actor, some make a complete one-eighty; take former Mouseketeer Ryan Gosling, who had played a teenage serial killer and a neo-Nazi by the time he made The Notebook. That said, when it comes to molting one’s Disney exterior, More

As the first official scrimmage of awards show season, the annual IFP Gotham Awards, which unfolded last night at Cipriani Wall Street, offers an early forecast of the 2018 Oscars. Honoring achievements in independent feature and documentary filmmaking, the ceremony celebrated many of this year's most heat-seeking contenders, including Luca ... More