Lauren Beukes is used to living multiple lives. Born in Johannesburg, she’s since worked out of Cape Town, New York, Chicago, and (currently) London. She’s been a journalist, a scriptwriter, a documentarian, and—most famously—an award-winning novelist with a penchant for darkly speculative tales of strange science and distorted cities. In her latest novel, Beukes is […]
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Major spoilers for Red, White & Royal Blue below. When I first read the back cover for Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, I immediately set the book down. I mean, let’s be real, the first son of the United States falling in love with the Prince of England? Pish posh, hogwash. But […]
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On Thursday 20th July the stars Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer walked out of their London premier. The American actors’ union SAG-AFTRA had voted to strike, and so members Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt and Florence Pugh were unable to continue promoting their film as part of industrial action. Until the dispute is settled, members of […]
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Places, please for ELLE’s monthly column Showstoppers, where theater’s biggest stars reflect upon the moment in their career where the famous phrase “the show must go on” became a little too real. When things don’t go according to plan onstage, here’s how the pros react—and what they take away from it. This month, Tony nominee […]
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It was in the pages of the then-young Cahiers Du Cinéma magazine that a tight-knit group of French movie dorks (Truffaut, Rivette, Godard et al) first proffered Auteur Theory, the notion that a director’s authorial stamp was surely the most vital metric in determining a film’s value. Amongst their idols, few were as imposing as […]
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Josh O’Connor breaks out his halting Italian as a grave-robbing rascal in Alice Rohrwacher’s divine exploration of time, history and memory. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny isn’t the only film at Cannes 2023 to concern itself with archaeological derring-do, ancient artefacts, memory and mortality: Set among the tombaroli, grave-robbers, in 1980s Italy, Alice […]
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1953 was a landmark year for science fiction cinema. Universal stunned audiences with 3D thrills in It Came from Outer Space, Warner Bros. released the hugely influential Ray Harryhausen classic The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and Paramount’s War of the Worlds adapted H.G. Wells’ classic tale with spectacular special effects. But one film in particular […]
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In May, Prince George will be making history at his grandfather King Charles’ coronation. The eldest son of Kate Middleton and Prince William will be serving as a Page of Honor in the crowning ceremony, according to an announcement from Buckingham Palace last week. The 9-year-old prince is technically second in line to the throne […]
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It’s hard to keep track of the royal family tree when it comes to children and grandchildren. Don’t forget, those Windsors are a big bunch; it’s easy to lose count of just how many people would show up to a family reunion at Windsor Castle. But there are some relatives who find themselves in the […]
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Spoilers for season 1 ahead. With the first rings forged and the true identity of Galadriel’s boyfriend—er, sorry, mortal enemy—revealed, the Rings of Power is finally ramping up now that its first season has aired. But the fires of Mount Doom will wait for no man (or elf), and you’d better believe Amazon Prime Video […]
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