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Behind The Scenes
set visit
Oct. 17, 2024
Saying Good-bye to the Funniest Vampires on TV
What We Do in the Shadows
is coming to an end. Its idiosyncratic brand of comedy may be too.
By
Anne Victoria Clark
behind the scenes
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My Favorite Teeth
Ten behind-the-scenes creators on how some of film and TV’s scariest, silliest, and most iconic chompers came to be.
By
Roxana Hadadi
behind the scenes
Aug. 26, 2024
The Story Behind David LaChapelle’s Charli XCX
New York
Cover Shoot
“She’s stuck in a dreamscape, but in the end, she frees herself.”
By
David LaChapelle
behind the scenes
July 24, 2024
The Rap Manager’s Guide to Stardom
A tip sheet of things to do — and avoid — from two navigators in a cutthroat industry.
By
Abe Beame
not something blue
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Penelope’s
Bridgerton
Wedding Dress Is Pink With Purpose
“We started it off with a pale blue because she was marrying a Bridgerton, but it didn’t look quite right.”
By
Devon Ivie
reality tv
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Whoever Starves Least, Wins
Behind the making of
Alone,
the most genuinely perilous show on television.
By
Nicholas Quah
behind the scenes
May 31, 2024
How
Couples Therapy
Put Therapy on TV (Without Ruining the Therapy)
“Every week you’d go in knowing that there’s cameras somewhere, but three minutes into the session, you forget.”
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
behind the scenes
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The Fall Guy
Wasn’t Always a Love Story
Making one of the year’s most romantic movies was a death-defying stunt in itself.
By
Bilge Ebiri
behind the scenes
Mar. 10, 2024
How Christopher Nolan Crafted the World of
Oppenheimer
The newly minted Best Picture winner plays out across the landscapes of Los Alamos and Cillian Murphy’s face
By
Bilge Ebiri
gallery
Jan. 23, 2024
As Seen at Sundance
The talk of the ski town at this year’s film festival.
By
Vulture Editors
Photographs by
Lucas Michael
one perfect scene
Jan. 22, 2024
Ferrari
’s Slow-Motion Crash in Nine Steps
Michael Mann’s re-creation of a horrifying moment in car-racing history is one of the best cinematic sequences of the season.
By
Bilge Ebiri
screen time
Nov. 21, 2023
Recreating Napoleon’s Biggest, Baddest Trap
In Ridley Scott’s blockbuster about the French sovereign, no battle is too crazy to pull off.
By
Lane Brown
theater
Aug. 28, 2023
The Final Sondheim
The complete, from-beginning-to-end story of how Stephen Sondheim, David Ives, and Joe Mantello created the musical
Here We Are
.
By
Frank Rich
behind the scenes
Aug. 15, 2023
Behind the Scenes on
Riverdale
, in Pictures
As the teen series shot its final episodes, we sent the stars disposable cameras and told them to go nuts. This is the result.
By
Vulture Editors
it really bothered me
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The Horrifying Birth of
ITYSL
’s Pig Monster
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By
Anne Victoria Clark
behind the scenes
Mar. 26, 2023
Jane Fonda: Jennifer Lopez Once Accidentally Cut My Eyebrow
“She’s never apologized.”
By
Charu Sinha
backstories
Jan. 2, 2023
Glass Onion
Isn’t Trying to Trick You
According to director Rian Johnson, every twist in his sequel is right in front of your face.
By
Alison Willmore
behind the scenes
Nov. 16, 2022
Everything Has a Story in
Wakanda Forever
Production designer Hannah Beachler breaks down the
Black Panther
sequel’s most meaningful new sets.
By
Roxana Hadadi
behind the scenes
Sept. 25, 2022
Leslie Grace Shares New Behind-the-Scenes Footage of
Batgirl
on TikTok
Including Brendan Fraser’s Firefly.
By
Bethy Squires
gallery
July 19, 2022
Bradley Cooper As Bernstein
On the town and on the set with the biopic version of Lenny.
By
Justin Davidson
small stories
Apr. 15, 2022
The Diamond Desk, Surveillance Shots, and 7 Other Stories About Making
Severance
Voices from onscreen and behind the scenes break down the small details shading in the series’ enigmatic world.
As told to
Roxana Hadadi,
Jackson McHenry,
and
Kathryn VanArendonk
life in pictures
Apr. 12, 2022
Sexy Cyrano
Behind the scenes at BAM with James McAvoy as he brings a smoldering version of de Bergerac Stateside.
Photographs by
Pari Dukovic
‘boof!’
Apr. 4, 2022
Jared Leto Made
Morbius
Crew Push Him to the Potty in a Wheelchair
Thirty Seconds to Mars? More like 20 minutes to piss.
By
Rebecca Alter
becoming julia
Apr. 1, 2022
How
Julia
’s Sarah Lancashire Found the Essence of Julia Child
Resurrecting
The French Chef
through a custom wig, 750 eggs, and a voice “like a musical score.”
By
Jackson McHenry
advice
Jan. 20, 2022
How to Overcome Accent Anxiety in 4 Simple Steps
Few things scare an actor more than mangling an accent — so say their dialect coaches. Here, the pros offer a few words of advice.
By
Chris Lee
🍆
Dec. 29, 2021
Exposing How TV Shows Source Their Dick Pics
“If someone I was dating sent me a dick pic, I might just ask them if I could put it on TV.”
By
Luke Winkie
it’s a metaphor for life
Dec. 7, 2021
How to Build a Non-Cookie-Cutter New York Set
“Most movies don’t want to be a postcard New York City.”
By
Kevin Thompson
As told to
Paula Aceves
backstories
Dec. 7, 2021
Deconstructing
Station Eleven
’s Lush Apocalypse
The series envisions a post-pandemic future that isn’t a total downer.
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
a long shot
Nov. 30, 2021
‘You Just Have to Accept That Wes Is Right’
The French Dispatch
crew explains how it pulled off the movie’s quietly impossible long shot.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
who is that?
Nov. 23, 2021
What Do Actors Lose When Prosthetics Become the Star?
Hollywood’s obsession with making celebs “unrecognizable” is not helping their performances.
By
Alison Willmore
edgar wright
Nov. 1, 2021
How
Last Night in Soho
Re-created Swinging-’60s London
“It became a war of attrition,” explains director Edgar Wright, “to push the modern world out with tons of period extras and cars.”
By
Chris Lee
death becomes her
Oct. 28, 2021
A Date With the Grave
Visiting the unlikely star of Mountain View Cemetery, a fake gravesite reserved exclusively for Hollywood’s funeral scenes.
By
Jamie Loftus
becoming bill
Oct. 21, 2021
How
Impeachment
Transformed Clive Owen Into Bill Clinton
“I have a memory of Clive in his full Clinton prosthetics chasing me down a hallway of the West Wing set because he was so excited.”
By
Dan Reilly
london boy
Oct. 14, 2021
Joe Alwyn Got Buff for
Conversations With Friends
And we are looking
journalistically
.
By
Zoe Haylock
backstories
Oct. 8, 2021
How Billie Eilish Rethought the James Bond Theme Song for a New Generation
She built a blockbuster in a bedroom, so it makes sense she’d record “No Time to Die” on a tour bus.
By
Amos Barshad
behind the scenes
Sept. 28, 2021
Behind
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
’s Tammy Faye-est Looks
The squad who turned Jessica Chastain into a televangelist superstar go deep on the prosthetics, the wigs, and the discontinued makeup.
By
Tomris Laffly
fall preview 2021
Aug. 30, 2021
The Roys Summer in Italy
On location with the cast of
Succession
, the most interestingly terrible billionaires on TV.
By
Hunter Harris
easter eggs
Aug. 16, 2021
Everything You Didn’t Notice About the World of
Free Guy
To build Free City, production designer Ethan Tobman contemplated simulation theory, looked at Nan Goldin photos, and played video games for days.
By
Chris Lee
hoagies & herr’s & hors d’oeuvres
May 31, 2021
The Stories Behind
Mare of Easttown
’s Most Memorable Edible Moments
Props master Susannah McCarthy breaks down the cheese-smothered details on Easttown’s “a little bit mind-blowing” dietary preferences.
By
Casey Mink
a long talk
May 10, 2021
Aidy Bryant and Lolly Adefope’s
Shrill
Friendship Was ‘Love at First Sight’
The co-stars talk their best friendship moments onscreen and off, Annie and Fran’s past and future, and whether they’d ever cut each other’s bangs.
By
Savannah Salazar
page to screen
Apr. 1, 2021
Made For Love
’s Creators on Adapting a Uniquely Weird Book to Equally Weird TV
Novelist Alissa Nutting and showrunner Christina Lee on making satire both timely and timeless and the need to present sci-fi through a female lens.
By
Rachel Handler
animation
Mar. 31, 2021
How
City of Ghosts
Crafted an Inclusive Ode to Los Angeles’s Overlooked Past
Creator Elizabeth Ito walks us through the distinctive storytelling, casting, and animation choices behind this refreshing Netflix all-ages series.
By
Carlos Aguilar
behind the seams
Mar. 30, 2021
How
Genius: Aretha
Re-created Aretha Franklin’s Iconic Style
Designer Jennifer Bryan breaks down what went into creating bejeweled gowns and flowing caftans fit for a Queen of Soul.
By
Shannon Carlin
behind the scenes
Mar. 17, 2021
How Do You Feed a Puppet? Behind the Tasty Edutainment of
Waffles + Mochi
Cookie Monster is one thing, but creating puppets that eat like humans do is a whole different challenge.
By
Clint Worthington
behind the scenes
Mar. 12, 2021
6 Neat-o Behind-the-Scenes Details About
WandaVision
’s 1950s Episode
As revealed in the new
Assembled
doc
,
the premiere featured a live studio audience, era-accurate equipment, and a fake butt for Paul Bettany.
By
Charlotte Walsh
opening titles
Mar. 4, 2021
How
WandaVision
’s Pitch-Perfect Title Sequences Channeled TV’s Past
Director Matt Shakman walks us through what went into creating the era-specific homages you definitely recognized, and a few you may have missed.
By
Calum Marsh
behind the scenes
Feb. 10, 2021
Finding the Judas in
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Lucas brothers explain how their story of Fred Hampton came to be about William O’Neal.
By
Robert Daniels
behind the scenes
Jan. 12, 2021
Pieces of a Woman
Hinges on One Heaving, Tremendous Home Birth-Scene
The filmmakers and star Vanessa Kirby explain how the tragic 24-minute shot came together.
By
Hillary Kelly
deep dives
Dec. 4, 2020
How
The Nest
Shot the Year’s Most Cutting Dinner Scene
Carrie Coon on wielding blondness, a wine bottle, and so much cigarette ash to needle Jude Law.
By
Alison Willmore
ah memories
Oct. 10, 2020
Jenifer Lewis Remembers the Time She Lectured Whitney Houston
It was all a big misunderstanding!
By
Charu Sinha
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