The Director NAISPERER

Judith Weston advises filmmakers on how to coax great performances out of every actor By Joy Press

Moving THE NEEDLE

Originally marketed for diabetics, an insulin-regulating drug whose side effect is dramatic weight loss is now the It drug for the thin set

Party STARTER

Known for mixing elegance with the absurd, food artist LAILA GOHAR dips into beauty

The Rise of the Ronald

Ron DeSantis is the polished, competent, Fox-loving, lib-owning successor-in-waiting to Donald Trump's MAGA nation. Is it any wonder they're locked in a 2024 cold war?

Patti Smith – Be Here, Now

Through 366 images, Patti Smith finds art in the everyday

The Aftermath

Girls have been banned from school after sixth grade. Women are mandated to be fully covered except for their eyes. Female employment has virtually disappeared. Peter Van Agtmael reports and photographs from Afghanistan, where the Taliban have spent the past year erasing women from public life Juharan

The Queen Mother

The question of reparations couldn't be more urgent, as the health care crisis for black Americans worsens. In Queen Mother Audley Moore, we have a newly relevant template for change.

We Need to Talk About Ezra

Ezra Miller rocketed from starring turns in indie hits to a budding superhero franchise with The Flash. But a recent spiral of guns, drugs, delusions of grandeur, and allegations of assault and grooming have thrown the promising actor's career into question. Inside the alarming story of Hollywood's most troubled young star

The Lizzo Show

Everything's coming up Lizzo, and it's about damn time | The Grammy- and Emmy-winning artist unplugs with the veteran VF music writer for a rip-roaring conversation about music, identity, and joy.

Forward Vision

Annie Leibovitz turns her lens on eight of the most influential female artists of our time.

Julie Taymor

The visionary director on the 25th anniversary of The Lion King, the power of travel, and her fear of hippos

After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness?

Reporting from Ukraine, veteran war correspondent Janine Di Giovanni describes an urgent campaign to collect evidence of russian war crimes that might stand up in court against Putin, his commanders, and their troops