The Last Showgirl
Film+TV
Heroine 21 cover story: Kiernan Shipka in conversation with Gia Coppola
An Epic Tale
“I like cinema too much to make all my films identical” – Jacques Audiard on his genre-bending story, Emilia Pérez
Road to nowhere
What’s your favourite scary movie? Malice K selects grisly road trip film Dead End
HERO 32 cover story
Icons of horror: John Carpenter in conversation with Claudio Simonetti
The Spooky Mix
Saint Laurent have reworked John Carpenter’s legendary horror soundtracks
Making waves
“I gave up being self-conscious a long time ago” – introducing Noah Jupe, the actor rising through the ranks
The Apprentice
“I showed up with huge hair and make-up” – Maria Bakalova on portraying Ivana Trump
This generation’s Romeo
HERO 32 cover: Kit Connor in conversation with Charles Melton
Introducing…
Meet French actor Lou Gala, star of period pandemic comedy The Decameron
Weekend Combo
A Margiela film, Mike Kelley at the Tate, and illicit art
“Everybody needs a little kick in the pants”
NYC podcast duo The Ion Pack in conversation with The Hellp’s Chandler Ransom Lucy
Agonist
Annie Marie Elliot’s directorial debut translates real experiences into a cult horror
Feeding the Monster
Anna Bogutskaya’s new book explores why we love getting off on horror movies
Walk with me
A David Lynch festival is coming to London
The Grapes of Wrath
National Theatre actor Natey Jones on updating Steinbeck and applying its message to today
Line-up highlights
The Venice Film Festival reveal: Beetlejuice, Luca Guadagnino, and Harmony Korine’s baby heads
Ultimate scream queen
Maika Monroe on scaring the shit out of everyone in Longlegs
Guess who?
“I was doing Paul Giamatti next to Paul Giamatti” – Matt Friend is the viral impressionist taking TikTok by storm
In conversation with Emma D’Arcy
Ewan Mitchell – the House of the Dragon actor remixed and collaged
Dream debut
“Who wants to make a movie everybody loves?” – Niclas Larsson on his surreal new film Mother, Couch
