How Aidan Zamiri Made the Music Video Essential Again
December 30, 2024
Through his collaborations with Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, and Timothée Chalamet, the Glaswegian artist helped define how pop culture looked and felt in 2024. To close out the year, he spoke to Interview editorial director Richard Turley about dealing with pop stars, shrinking budgets, and his newfound success.
TOUR DIARY
“I Want to Look Like a Lesbian Mick Jagger”: On the Road With Towa Bird
December 30, 2024
What can you expect at a Towa Bird concert? “Lots of guitar solos, lots of hair, lots of lesbian jokes,” says the 25-year-old rocker, fresh off a major gig opening for Billie Eilish.
OWNER
Eli Zabar and Flynn McGarry Think Running An NYC Restaurant Is Worth the Pain
December 27, 2024
“I always had, and still have, a fairly low opinion of people in the restaurant business,” the New York food impresario, celebrating the 50-year anniversary of his Upper East Side café, told chef wunderkind Flynn McGarry.
DIRECTOR
“I Like to Be Ill-Defined”: Director Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light
December 27, 2024
The Golden Globe-nominated director joined us to talk about Indian cinema, the romance of friendship, and making movies that resist categorization.
ROUND UP
“Wet Juicy Body”: Performance Artist Kuby Lin Recreates 2024’s Most Viral Moments
December 26, 2024
“It’s so weird that everyone’s so horny for a hippo.”
DIRECTOR
James Mangold Tells Elle Fanning How He Got Inside Bob Dylan’s Head
December 26, 2024
The director of “A Complete Unknown” joined one of the movie’s stars to discuss the epic undertaking of making a movie about the enigmatic icon.
JOHN
“Tall Blonde With a Big Dick”: 18 Men Ask Edmund White Some Sexy Questions
December 23, 2024
The renegade gay novelist sounds off sailors, silver daddies, and hustling ahead of the release of his new sex memoir.
SMOKE BREAK
Fabio Cherstich Takes Mel Ottenberg Into the Annals of Gay Art History
December 23, 2024
After the last of his three performances at La MaMa, the opera director joined our editor-in-chief to talk about dedicating his life to the preservation of queer art.
HE SAID SHE SAID
How Succession’s Harriet Walter Imagined Alternative Lives for Shakespeare’s Women
December 20, 2024
The acclaimed actor joined poet Jonathan Wells to discuss her new book, in which she imagines soliloquies Shakespeare’s female characters might have delivered.
FAREWELL
“A Japanese Cheers”: Martha Stewart, Sofia Coppola, and More Say Goodbye to EN Brasserie
December 19, 2024
As the West Village restaurant prepares to close its doors for good, a host of regulars reflect on what made Reika Alexander’s temple of jazz and Japanese cuisine one of a kind.
ARCHIVES
“Love, Joe”: Inside Artist Joe Brainard’s Private Letters to Andy Warhol
December 19, 2024
In this excerpt from a new book of Joe Brainard’s personal correspondence, the New School artist writes to Andy Warhol about art deals and vacation in Southhampton.
PISS CHRIST
“Artists Need Obsessions”: Andres Serrano, in Conversation With Todd Solondz
December 18, 2024
To mark the opening of his show at Lubov, the artist and filmmaker got together in Manhattan to reminisce on the infamous piece that made Serrano a household name.
LIVE FROM NEW YORK!
Gabe LaBelle Tells Seth Rogen the Secret to Becoming Lorne Michaels
December 18, 2024
The one-time Steven Spielberg joined his “The Fabelmans” co-star to talk about the challenge of portraying another entertainment industry giant.
CANON
“It’s Not Me, You Know?”: Liv Ullmann Looks Back on 60 Years of Persona
December 17, 2024
After a private screening of “Persona” at The Museum of Arts and Design, the legendary Norwegian actor joined Jeremy O. Harris to discuss the film’s enduring influence.
IN CONVERSATION
“I Need to Be Obsessed”: Alba Rohrwacher Tells Josh O’Connor How She Went Deep For Maria
December 17, 2024
The Italian actor called her friend and “La Chimera” co-star to talk about her journey from the theaters of Rome to the big screen starring in Pablo Larraín’s latest biopic.
SEARCH HISTORY
“I Was Born to Be Famous”: Raymonte Tells Us What’s In His System
December 16, 2024
In this week’s Search History, we slid into the social media maven’s DMs to talk about Hollywood aspirations, creepy old men, and managing life in the spotlight.
JUST FOR LAUGHS
Ronny Chieng Gets an Introduction to the Tao of Jerry Seinfeld
December 16, 2024
When Ronny Chieng got on a call to talk to his comedy hero Jerry Seinfeld, the maestro had a bone to pick with his protégé about his liberal use of profanity.
REAPPRAISAL
“It’s Intimate, But Also Perverse”: Inside Suzanne and Louise, Hervé Guibert’s Lost Photo Novel
December 13, 2024
This fall, Jordan Weitzman of Magic Hour Press reissued “Suzanne and Louise,” the beloved 1980 photo novel by French writer Hervé Guibert.
HO HO HO
Addison Rae Crashed the Interview Staff Holiday Party at Temple Bar
December 12, 2024
We had a little “You’re the best here’s some drinks let’s play some Christmas music thank you” celebration.
EDITOR
New York’s David Haskell Tells Mel Ottenberg Why He Still Believes in the Power of Magazines
December 12, 2024
“I’m very grateful that I’m gay.”