The Tale

Jun 12, 2025 — The acclaimed crime writer joins a producer of the 1999 adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley to discuss the cinematic incarnations of Patricia Highsmith’s shape-shifting, quintessentially American antihero.

Dec 13, 2022 — A departure from the tales of sex and violence that defined Black cinema in the early 1970s, Michael Schultz’s beloved coming-of-age film celebrates the emotional bonds among a group of young Black men.

Sep 13, 2004 — Fifteen years ago I received a letter from a young film director in Texas, who enclosed a tape of his first film, with the unlikely title It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books. It might as well have...

The singer of the band Cigarettes After Sex shares his love for La Bamba, talks about how the romance of Eric Rohmer inspires his music, and selects favorites, from The Worst Person in the World to The Tales of Hoffmann.

The actor talks about what Andrei Tarkovsky’s films have taught him about stillness in cinema, reflects on the various adaptations of The Talented Mr. Ripley, and shares his formative experience of seeing London on-screen in My Beautiful Launderette and Mona...

Aug 20, 2024 — Delon brought to the films of Melville, Visconti, Deray, and Losey one of the most beautiful faces in all of cinema.

Apr 9, 2024 — In Steven Zaillian’s eight-episode series, Andrew Scott gives us what many find to be the definitive Tom Ripley.

Jun 14, 2023 — At least one adaptation was met with unqualified critical and financial success—and then there’s the one McCarthy wrote from scratch.

Jun 15, 2022 — The late actor will be remembered for his work with Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson—and Jerry Seinfeld.

Oct 29, 2019 — The actor-turned-producer made Paramount a major player during the heyday of the New Hollywood.