In director Alejandro Iñárritu’s Birdman, out October 17, Michael Keaton stars as Riggan, a former action star (the film’s named for his career-defining superhero role) who’s attempting to find relevance with a Broadway show based on a Raymond Carver story. Throughout the film, which walks the line between ... More

As a young figure skater in Sacramento, Analeigh Tipton dreamed of going to Hollywood, though not necessarily to be in front of the cameras. “I always knew I wanted to write and direct but found my way into modeling because I needed work,” recalls the former America’s Next Top Model ... More

The world’s most iconic costumes from the Golden Age of cinema to the present day will have their final showing in the groundbreaking multimedia exhibition Hollywood Costume, beginning in early October. The exhibition, organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and sponsored by Swarovski, explores the central role of ... More

Novelist turned filmmaker Tom Dolby’s transition to writing for the screen came effortlessly. “Before I write a novel, I do a lot of character development,” explains the 39-year-old, “so I found that when I started on page one of the screenplay, it flowed naturally.”  For the San Francisco native, the inspiration ... More

Since 1996, when his band Belle & Sebastian released its debut album, Stuart Murdoch has been telling stories. The Glasgow-based musician has won a legion of fans thanks to his brainy songs, many of which paint vivid pictures of lovelorn outsiders dreaming of finding their place in the world. That ... More

Despite regular trips to France, Ben Feldman—the Mad Men vet who’s starring in this week’s white-knuckler As Above, So Below—never made it to the city’s famous catacombs.  “I’ve been to France a million times, my mom’s lived in France for like 15 years, and I’d never been down there,” he says. “In ... More

People aren’t sure what to make of Scott Haze. According to the 33-year-old actor, whose big break came earlier this summer in the James Franco-directed Child of God, he’s hearing regularly from admirers but all too often it’s before they’ve seen him in the strange, harrowing role that’s been so widely praised. “On ... More

It isn’t easy to explain what happens in The One I Love, the directorial debut from filmmaker Charlie McDowell, without ruining it. That’s because the great twist of the story doesn’t come at the end, where a viewer might expect it, but about 20 minutes in. What can be said is that the movie, ... More

There is something about Kelly Reilly that is intensely feminine. Whether she’s playing the calculating, cool Miss Bingley in Pride and Prejudice or the tender, hopeful addict opposite Denzel Washington in Flight, her movements and the smooth edges of her words capture a charm that allures even as it breaches the dark and ... More