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“A movie star is someone about whom the camera’s X-ray-like stare reveals an entire inner universe,” Richard Brody wrote, in 2017. A collection of photographs taken of actors at the Twentieth Century Fox studio documents the wardrobe, makeup, and other styling that transform actors into “mannequins of themselves.”
“A movie star is someone about whom the camera’s X-ray-like stare reveals an entire inner universe,” Richard Brody wrote, in 2017. A collection of photographs taken of actors at the Twentieth Century Fox studio documents the wardrobe, makeup, and other styling that transform actors into “mannequins of themselves.” Such images, like this one of Doris Day on the set of “Caprice,” in 1967, stand in contrast to publicity stills; they were intended for internal use only, to insure actors’ appearances were kept consistent across shoots. See more of the behind-the-scenes shots.
“Chloe consistently came back with the clearest vision.” In a new conversation with David Remnick, Anna Wintour, who has been the editor-in-chief of American Vogue for the past 37 years, discusses why she named Chloe Malle as her successor. Listen to the full conversation on the latest episode.
“Chloe consistently came back with the clearest vision.” In a new conversation with David Remnick, Anna Wintour, who has been the editor-in-chief of American Vogue for the past 37 years, discusses why she named Chloe Malle as her successor. Listen to the full conversation on the latest episode.
Japan’s chief exports these days are cultural products: video games, anime, manga, music, and movies. The government recently announced plans to make content production a pillar of the country’s economic growth in the 2030s and beyond. Shōnen manga is a cornerstone of that vision, and Weekly Shōnen Jump is the most popular magazine publishing it.
Japan’s chief exports these days are cultural products: video games, anime, manga, music, and movies. The government recently announced plans to make content production a pillar of the country’s economic growth in the 2030s and beyond. Shōnen manga is a cornerstone of that vision, and Weekly Shōnen Jump is the most popular magazine publishing it. Much as Marvel Comics revived its flagging fortunes by creating the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jump continues to thrive, in part because of the rise of anime as a fixture of global youth culture. Popular series are often licensed to animation companies, which turn them into anime that are streamed around the world. The books promote the shows, and vice versa; a hit series can send serialized manga rocketing up the best-seller lists, making the artist, and the publication, large sums of money.
What will it mean for culture when the live television band, something that has been an American institution for 70 years, goes extinct? The end of the late night band.
What will it mean for culture when the live television band, something that has been an American institution for 70 years, goes extinct? The end of the late night band.
A filmmaker who wanted to make a politically contentious movie couldn’t do much better than to set it in mid-2020. But the true politics of Ari Aster’s “Eddington” are sexual politics, Richard Brody writes.
A filmmaker who wanted to make a politically contentious movie couldn’t do much better than to set it in mid-2020. But the true politics of Ari Aster’s “Eddington” are sexual politics, Richard Brody writes.
The celebrity children’s book industry is on a roll. The pandemic and post-pandemic years have seen a spike in children’s books from familiar faces—Serena Williams, Channing Tatum, John Cena, Hoda Kotb, Sonia Sotomayor, and Bette Midler, to name a few—that “have infiltrated bedroom bookshelves like a pack of moralistic hobgoblins,” Sloane Crosley writes.
The celebrity children’s book industry is on a roll. The pandemic and post-pandemic years have seen a spike in children’s books from familiar faces—Serena Williams, Channing Tatum, John Cena, Hoda Kotb, Sonia Sotomayor, and Bette Midler, to name a few—that “have infiltrated bedroom bookshelves like a pack of moralistic hobgoblins,” Sloane Crosley writes.
In the course of the past 15 years, and seemingly by accident, “The Great British Bake Off” has become one of the most popular shows on TV. In its best years, “Bake Off” has drawn more British viewers than “Downton Abbey,” “Sherlock,” and even Prince Phillip’s funeral. In the streaming era, “Bake Off” is the standard-setter for ambiently watchable TV; a generation of half-watchers turns to it for its gently sedative properties. Meanwhile, bakers watch it for the craft, thinking that maybe next year they’ll apply.
In the course of the past 15 years, and seemingly by accident, “The Great British Bake Off” has become one of the most popular shows on TV. In its best years, “Bake Off” has drawn more British viewers than “Downton Abbey,” “Sherlock,” and even Prince Phillip’s funeral. In the streaming era, “Bake Off” is the standard-setter for ambiently watchable TV; a generation of half-watchers turns to it for its gently sedative properties. Meanwhile, bakers watch it for the craft, thinking that maybe next year they’ll apply.
The speed with which children embrace humor suggests that it is fundamental to human nature, Joshua Rothman writes. “We laugh, therefore we are.”
The speed with which children embrace humor suggests that it is fundamental to human nature, Joshua Rothman writes. “We laugh, therefore we are.”