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War Οf Τhe Worlds
The US military is pivoting its training operations from the anti-guerrilla tactics used in Afghanistan and Iraq to plans for a full-on, dug-in, nuclear-armed confrontation with an enemy superpower like Russia or China. Novelist and ex-Marine Phil Klay and photojournalist Peter Van Agtmael report on war's grave new frontier
The Last Descent
Though the world wouldn't catch on until disaster struck, a tight-knit community of seafarers, explorers, and bold submariners worried for years that Stockton Rush's OceanGate implosion was all but guaranteed. SUSAN CASEY, author of The Underworld, reveals the hardest truths about the Titan
Bad Bunny's Year of Rest and Relaxation
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio swears he's taking a breather from ultra-mega global superstardom to enjoy life in puerto rico and some downtime with his girlfriend. Just don't ask him about the album he's about to release
The Life of the Party
Your FAVORITE RAPPER'S FAVORITE BILLIONAIRE loves nothing more than to have a few hundred of his famous friends over to his Hamptons estate. How did a sports-licensing CEO from Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, become this generation's Gatsby?
NEW DIRECTIONS
NIA DACOSTA, DIRECTOR AND COWRITER OF THE MARVELS, IS LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BARRIERS SHE'S BROKEN THAN THE WORLDS SHE'LL TAKE ON NEXT
SWAMP Things
Ron DeSantis won't hesitate to race Trump to the bottom. Take it from a native Floridian
Long Day's JOURNEY
Sure, geniuses should be allowed to make endless films. But what’s everybody else’s excuse?
DARK Matter
Nodding to gothic horror and cyber dystopia, moody makeup brings a glamorous edge to existential concerns
Marty Without THE MOB
Killers of the Flower Moon is part of arich but often overlooked strain of Scorsese’s storied careerMARTIN SCORSESE ISN'T afraid of what he doesn't know. \"He's the gutsiest director I've ever met in my life,\" says Irwin Winkler, who's produced Scorsese films for more than three decades.
FATHER Figure
ALEX COOPER takes the Call Her Daddy podcast to new heights
Sympathy for the Devil
In 1981, Margy Palm was forced into her car at gunpoint by a serial killer suspected of more than 30 murders. What happened between them over the next eight hours-and later while he awaited execution-was so unlikely that journalists and filmmakers have tried for decades to get palm to tell the whole story. Now, in a series of in-depth interviews with Julie Miller, a survivor breaks her silence
Back to The Future
A debut makeup line from the house of Paco Rabanne honors the late designer’s iconic metalwork and prompts an experimental streak
The Curious Case of the Cardboard Basquiats
A show of “lost” works by the celebrated artist Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Orlando Museum of Art was meant to be a blockbuster. Then the feds came knocking
The Doppelganger Effect
It was more than a decade ago when writer and cultural critic Naomi Klein first realized people were confusing her—and her work—with another writer and cultural critic: Naomi Wolf. In this exclusive excerpt from her new book, Klein grapples with a phenomenon she’s started to see repeated in the culture all around us
Presidential Timbre
I watched Hillary Clinton get within steps of the White House. Gretchen Whitmer could go all the way
Just Kids
In 2013, a bunch of unknowns made a tiny movie called Short Term 12. Ten years later, a shocking number have become stars, Oscar winners, superheroes, or all of the above. BRIE LARSON, RAMI MALEK, LAKEITH STANFIELD, STEPHANIE BEATRIZ, KAITLYN DEVER, and writer-director DESTIN DANIEL CRETTON dish about the undersung drama that launched their careers
THE AMERICANS
On the eve of the US Open, VF catches up with the next generation of tennis stars
PICTURE PERFECT
A new volume of portraits by photographer Slim Aarons, including never-before-seen work, reanimates a lost world
LIFE OF RILEY
DAISY JONES & THE SIX PROPELLED RILEY KEOUGH TO STARDOM EVEN AS SHE COPED WITH THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER, LISA MARIE PRESLEY, AND A LEGAL BATTLE WITH HER GRANDMOTHER, PRISCILLA. NOW THE ACTOR, FILMMAKER, AND NEW MOTHER IS CHASING PEACE AND CLARITY AND, IMPROBABLY, FINDING THEM
The PLAYER
The Barstool Sports brand is known for its bro-ish excess, but the company has a woman to thank for driving its $550 million sale: CEO Erika Ayers Badan
Breaking the BINARY
Inside the fight to de-gender awards shows
Wherever he goes, LEWIS PULLMAN is in his element
Last fall, while filming Apple’s Lessons in Chemistry, adapted from the beloved novel by Bonnie Garmus, showrunner Lee Eisenberg made an on-the-fly change: The actor Lewis Pullman’s turn as Calvin, a progressive, introverted chemist in 1960s Los Angeles, was so winning that Eisenberg wrote him into more episodes than originally planned. Earlier this year, the Top Gun: Maverick scene-stealer wowed festival-goers at Sundance with The Starling Girl and at Tribeca with The Line. As he braces for leading man attention, Pullman reflects on life in and out of Hollywood.
Vanities
Gracie Abrams is ready for a not-so-cruel summer
War of the Rosé
They came together in a blaze of passion, then split amid a storm of recriminations. In between, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie established a hugely profitable wine label on an enchanting estate in the South of France. Now, as lawsuits continue to fly, Mark Seal uncovers the truth about the battle for Miraval
Kelce Lately
With two Super Bowl rings, a star turn hosting snl, and charisma for miles, Travis Kelce could wind up in the broadcast booth-or on the big screen
The Great Pretender
Caroline Calloway's first big "scam" was a lark. Her next, a matter of self-preservation. She's about to debut her latest project-or so she says
Phoebe Invincible
Actor Andrew Scott, A.K.A. Hot priest, says Phoebe Waller-Bridge is nothing less than good at life. To this, we'd add that she's a captivating writer and actor, as well as a smasher of things, including but not limited to expectations, the fourth wall, stodginess, and pointless decorum. On a long ramble through London, she talks about the journey from Fleabag to Indiana Jones, pausing only to greet birds and besotted fans
Τhe Golden Dream
California knows it's a state in crisis-its leaders know, its residents know, the rest of the country knows. But how it got here-and whether the way out is any kind of model to follow-nobody can agree on
It's Like That
Fifty years of HIP-HOP in a world that could not exist without it
The Oligarch's Passport
In 2015, Portugal opened its doors to foreigners whose jewish ancestors had been expelled during the inquisition. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich used his heritage to gain entry to the country and an all-access pass to the eu-exposing deep flaws in a well-intentioned policy