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“It’s a Terrifying and Freeing Way to Work”: Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Making Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths

The Oscar nominee is a revelation as Pansy, a deeply damaged woman, in Leigh’s newest feature film, set to debut at Toronto International Film Festival.
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The Piano Lesson First Look: How a Stage Classic Became a “Haunting” Directorial Debut From Malcolm Washington

Danielle Deadwyler, John David Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson star in the adaptation of August Wilson’s seminal play about a Black Pittsburgh family reckoning with the past.
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Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, and Carrie Coon Hold Nothing Back in the Wrenching His Three Daughters

The three stars exclusively share the trailer for their widely acclaimed Netflix drama, and go deep on their vulnerable powerhouse performances: “I let go so completely.”
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Amy Adams Hears the Call of the Wild in Nightbitch

“When people ask me what the movie is about, I’m like, ‘It’s about motherhood and rage,’” says director Marielle Heller in this exclusive first look. “And you either get that or you don’t.”
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In Conclave, the Pope Dies—Then the Twisty Search for His Successor Begins

Ralph Fiennes top lines the new film from the director of All Quiet on the Western Front, a thriller about both a personal and a collective crisis of faith—backed by a brilliant ensemble including Isabella Rossellini, Stanley Tucci, and more.
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Inside Sing Sing, the Colman Domingo Prison Drama That Will Break Your Heart

Domingo may be headed back to the Oscars for his incandescent performance in A24’s innovative film, where he stars opposite several formerly incarcerated men.
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Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, and Samuel L. Jackson Bring a True Story to Wild Life in Fight Night

Peacock’s dynamic new limited series examines how an infamous heist changed the city of Atlanta forever—and reintroduces Hart as a dramatic leading man.
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Ben Whishaw on Giving the Riskiest Performance of His Career in Limonov. The Ballad

“I have no idea what this is going to be,” he tells Vanity Fair of his mammoth portrayal of a radical Russian activist. Here, an exclusive first look at the bracing result.
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Inside the “Mind Fuck” of David Cronenberg’s Grief Drama The Shrouds

Inspired by the death of Cronenberg’s wife, the film is rooted in the director’s experience of loss. For actors Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger, that made for an uncanny, emotional, and at times plain bizarre experience.
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In The Apprentice, Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong Peer Into the Dark Heart of Donald Trump

Before Trump was Trump, he was a young striver taken under the wing of Roy Cohn. The Apprentice dramatizes their sinister bond: “I think of it as a love story, really,” Strong tells Vanity Fair.
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Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone Run Wild in Poor Things Follow-Up Kinds of Kindness

Plemons’s initial reaction to Yorgos Lanthimos’s new movie: “Oh my God. What?”
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis: An Exclusive First Look at the Director’s Retro-Futurist Epic

Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel scan the horizon, and Coppola explains his sprawling influences for the utopian drama.
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Inside Ewan McGregor’s Enchanting Take on A Gentleman in Moscow

The best-selling novel gets a sparkling adaptation in this new limited series, to which McGregor brings a thrilling commitment—and one very particular mustache.
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First Look: Andrew Scott Is a Crazy-Sexy Scammer in Ripley

Oscar-winning writer-director Steven Zaillian on casting Fleabag’s Hot Priest, the allure of black-and-white photography, and the eternal pull of Patricia Highsmith’s most insidious character: “He won’t go away.”
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Inside Mandy Moore and Edgar Ramírez’s Dangerous Romance in Dr. Death

The two Emmy-nominated actors take us inside Peacock’s harrowing tale of medical malpractice—and the twisted love affair at its center.
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Why Anthony Hopkins’s Whole Career Led Him to Freud’s Last Session

Hopkins plays a Sigmund Freud in deep reflection over his extraordinary life and impending death—an experience that compelled the actor to look inward himself.
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A Missionary Died at 26 on a Doomed Quest. A New Documentary Confronts What Led Him There

We go deep inside the revelatory documentary The Mission, which examines the tragedy of John Chau on both intimate and epic levels—and suggests a seismic cultural reckoning.
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The Taste of Things: Watch the Sumptuous Trailer for France’s Oscar Submission

Juliette Binoche does some of the best on-screen cooking you’ll ever see in this lovely romantic drama. Here’s an exclusive look at the ingredients that brought it to life.
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Vicky Krieps Just Won the Biggest Award of Her Career. She’s Feeling Conflicted

The star of Phantom Thread and the upcoming The Dead Don’t Hurt doesn’t mince words about her industry in a candid chat with Vanity Fair: “The game is fucked.” Fortunately, she feels ready to play it.
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Nicolas Cage Haunts the Whole World in the Trippy Dream Scenario

You’ve never quite seen the Oscar-winning actor like this. Inside Cage’s transformative turn in A24’s surreal dark comedy, premiering this weekend in Toronto.