CANNES
Director Tyler Taormina Is Bringing Sincerity Back to Indie Cinema
May 30, 2024
At the Cannes Film Festival, we caught up with the director just after the premiere of his third full-length feature, “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point.”
SOUND ADVICE
“Destiny, Blood, Ecstasy”: Meet Genesys, the Fashion Students Throwing Cyberpunk Raves
May 30, 2024
For this week’s Sound Advice, the London fashion students-turned-ravers made the euphoric cyberpunk trance playlist of our dreams.
Search History
Sami Landri Gives Us a Virtual Tour of Floptropica
May 29, 2024
“I don’t claim to be the best lip-syncer, but I know that I’m a good performer,” says the French Canadian drag queen in this week’s edition of Search History.
BAGS BAGS BAGS
“Bare Feet, Scratchy Grass”: Our Interns Review the New Loro Piana Wicker Bags
May 29, 2024
For our first-ever Loro Piana handbag review, our interns declare that the new leather and wicker bags are giving picnic-core.
NEWCOMER
Théodore Pellerin Is Coming to a Theater Near You. And He’s Wearing Stilettos.
May 29, 2024
The 26-year-old actor talked to Interview about playing a drag artist in Sophie Dupuis’s third full-length feature, “Solo.”
LIT
According to Anna Dorn, There’s a Place for Twinks in Lesbian Fiction
May 29, 2024
Just before the release of her latest novel, “Perfume & Pain,” the Los Angeles-based writer spoke to us about restoring camp to lesbian fiction.
RORSCHACH TEST
Michelle Buteau on Andy Cohen, Eric Adams, and The Four Seasons Orlando
May 28, 2024
In this week’s installment of Rorschach Test, the comedian and star of “Babes” unleashed her takes on Diddy, Ozempic, Tom Sandoval, and “Cowboy Carter.”
LIT
“I Needed to Write About Addiction”: Garth Risk Hallberg, in Conversation With Tommy Orange
May 28, 2024
Before heading out on his book tour, the two authors got together to delve into their new novels, addiction narratives, and their experiences, so far, of fatherhood.
TOUR DIARY
“I Just Got a Baby Cow”: On the Road With the Indie Rockers of Dehd
May 28, 2024
Emily Kempf and Jason Balla of the Chicago-born indie rock band checked in halfway through their US tour to tell us some of their strangest experiences on the road.
TELL-ALL
Antpuke Was Run Out of New York. Now She’s Back to Make Amends.
May 25, 2024
The estranged DJ, who fled New York after failing to compensate the artists who played her Femme Fantasy party, tells podcaster Angel Money how it all went south.
BACKSTAGE
In Her One-Woman Show, Laura Benanti Bids Farewell to Her Inner-Ingénue
May 24, 2024
Backstage at the Minetta Lane Theater, the Tony winner talked to us about returning to the stage with “Nobody Cares,” an exorcism for the people-pleaser within.
SMOKE BREAK
“I Had an iPod on My Pussy”: An Eight-Minute Cig With Artist Jacolby Satterwhite
May 24, 2024
In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we smoked American Spirits with the 3-D artist and provocateur outside of The Kitchen’s Spring 2024 Gala.
lit
“I Couldn’t Have Written This 20 Years Ago”: Claire Messud, In Conversation With Joshua Cohen
May 23, 2024
Earlier this month, the author talked to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist about her new novel “This Strange Eventful History,” a sprawling, multi-generational epic.
release
DIIV Frontman Cole Smith on Streaming Monopolies and the Shoegaze Renaissance
May 23, 2024
“The analogy is really about the temperature being turned up,” the DIIV frontman says of the band’s new album. “We’re trending towards collapse or dystopia.”
IN CONVERSATION
To Amen Dunes and Patti Harrison, Comedians and Musicians Are Kindred Spirits
May 22, 2024
On his first album in six years, “Death Jokes,” Dunes interpolates stand-up samples from Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce. In conversation, he told Patti Harrison why comedians are like “social irritants.”
LIT
Ashleah Gonzales Made Kendall Jenner a Literary It-Girl. Now, She’s a Published Poet.
May 22, 2024
Kendall Jenner’s modeling agent started a tradition of gifting her client a new book every year. This week, she released her debut poetry collection, “Fake Piñata.”
CORRESPONDENT
“Classy Vampire Chic”: Lyas Reviews the New Cronenberg Film at Cannes
May 21, 2024
TikTok’s favorite fashion correspondent called us from Cannes, where Saint Laurent Productions premiered three feature films by David Cronenberg, Jacques Audiard, and Paolo Sorrentino.
FASHION
“Psychedelic Cowboy Daydream”: Celine Homme Winter 24 Goes West
May 21, 2024
“Well, that’s rock n’ roll.”
SEARCH HISTORY
Steven T. Hanley of @DeeperMovies Plays Fuck, Marry, Kill With the Challengers Trio
May 21, 2024
In this week’s Search History, the host of the beloved podcast “Deeper Into Movies” breaks down the Cannes Film Festival and Paul Schrader’s unhinged digital footprint.
SOUND ADVICE
Shannon & the Clams Made a Playlist You’ll Want to Send to Your Lover
May 21, 2024
For this week’s SOUND ADVICE, the Oakland-based garage punk band sent us into astral depths to celebrate their new album, “The Moon is in the Wrong Place.”
