Vauhini Vara explores identity and AI in ‘Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age’
In 2021, the author published an essay in which she fed prompts to AI. In her new book, Vara explores her identity even further in the digital age.
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How a real-life encounter led Nadia Conners and Walton Goggins to make ‘The Uninvited’
'The White Lotus' actor stars in the film with Pedro Pascal, Lois Smith, Elizabeth Reaser and Rufus Sewell.
Why Andrew Ahn says ‘found family’ is at the heart of ‘The Wedding Banquet’
The director remembers his mother renting the original Ang Lee film from the video store and having it blow his mind to see a film with queer characters.
Irma Thomas makes her comeback at 84: ‘I’m not getting any younger.’
She discusses her new album, 'The Soul Queen of New Orleans,' and performing with Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones.
Netflix’s new Inuit comedy ‘North of North’ has serious origins
Award-winning documentarian Alethea Arnaquq-Baril was drawn into a comedy collaboration with her good friend Stacey Aglok MacDonald.
How Roisín O’Donnell wrote ‘Nesting’ about a woman fleeing an abusive relationship
Out of loyalty to the character, which had originally been in a short story, the author decided to keep writing.
How the Wizard of Oz and the Bible influenced Karen Russell’s ‘The Antidote’
In her first novel in 14 years, the author combines real-life historical events with a dose of magical thinking.
‘Ex-Husbands’ star Griffin Dunne has an inner Martin Short ready to burst out
After early roles in 'American Werewolf in London' and 'After Hours,' the actor's career rebounded as part of the cast of 'This is Us' in 2018.
Jeff Hobbs’ ‘Seeking Shelter’ looks at how Pasadena’s Door of Hope helps families
The book follows the struggles of a woman who left Lancaster and an abusive marriage when she moved her kids to Monterey Park for a better life.
How Matthew Rankin’s ‘Universal Language’ creates a fantastical version of reality
Using real stories from the filmmaker's life, he and his Iranian co-writers Ila Firouzabad and Pirouz Nemati create a world that’s really strange and yet somehow relatable.