Vera Brittain’s 1933 book Testament of Youth, which charts her experiences as a young woman at Oxford (when that wasn’t a common thing) and her life as a nurse during World War One has become something of a classic. These days, it’s required reading for any number of school ... More

There are more than a few impressive components of Tomorrowland, the eye-popping new feature from filmmaker Brad Bird, including feats of inter-dimensional travel and some astonishingly advanced weaponry. Another notable aspect of the film is the presence of Matthew MacCaull, the 37-year-old, Canadian-born actor who plays the maniacally grinning ... More

"Yesterday John and I were looking at couples therapy and stuff,” announces supermodel Chrissy Teigen, popping an oily Italian olive into her mouth. She clarifies: “Not for us, I mean.” Teigen and her husband, the musician John Legend, are cuddled up at il Buco in downtown Manhattan. Over a ... More

It’s a common saying that you would follow someone you love off a cliff, but Jean and Carl Boenish—the subjects of Sunshine Superman, a documentary premiering May 22—take that cliché to a very literal place. Often called the “godparents of BASE jumping,” the Boenishes met in the late ... More

We like to believe that we know the actors we watch in film and television personally, often altogether forgetting that they are paid professionals who are as complex (and flawed) as the rest of us. That feeling is amplified in the case of mega-stars like Paul Newman, whose blue-eyed charm ... More

Bessie Smith made her name in the 1920s by singing the blues and living them just as loudly. In a new HBO biopic, Queen Latifah—both star and executive producer—tackles Smith’s trailblazing career and tumultuous personal life with a confident performance she says has been more than two decades in the ... More

Amy Berg has always been known as a documentarian thanks to her work helming films like Deliver Us From Evil and West of Memphis. In May, her first feature film, Every Secret Thing, will be released, making it clear that her formidable skill extends to stories of the fictional variety as well. In Every Secret Thing, ... More

If you’ve ever dreamt about hosting your own talk show, director Shira Piven’s newest film, Welcome to Me, is for you. In it, Kristen Wiig plays Alice, a woman with borderline personality disorder who wins the lottery and decides to blow it all on her own Oprah-style daytime television ... More

In the new comedy Hot Pursuit, Reese Witherspoon plays a cop desperate to get one thing right, and Sofia Vergara stars opposite her as a mob informant’s wife intent on staying alive. Here, director Anne Fletcher explains what makes the two stars work so well together and how her ... More