Cheers to Mad Men

Joy Press celebrated the 15th anniversary of Mad Men last week by rewatching its pilot. “I had forgotten how perfect that episode was,” she writes—“magnetic and cinematic and cryptic.” And it’s not just the pilot: Mad Men, Joy found upon rewatch, holds up surprisingly well even a decade and a half later, perhaps because the show always simultaneously “made the past look drop-dead glamorous while skewering our inherited clichés of the 1960s.” 

Elsewhere in HWD, Vanity Fair France presents an exclusive look at Blonde, starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe; David Canfield has a revealing conversation with character actor turned leading lady Dale Dickey; Rebecca Ford and David decode the Venice Film Festival lineup; and Chris Murphy chats with Kevin Bacon about his new horror movieset at a conversion therapy camp, They/Them.

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Fifteen years after the show’s premiere, Peggy, Don, and the Sterling Cooper gang feel more relevant than ever.

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Elle Est Marilyn

New behind-the-scenes images from the upcoming film Blonde,about an icon Joyce Carol Oates compares to “Emma Bovary in Hollywood.”

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Taking the Lead

The consummate character actor Dale Dickey joins Little Gold Menfor a career-spanning chat, from Breaking Bad to Winter’s Bone to her upcoming star vehicle, A Love Song.

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Ciao, Venice

New works from Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Martin McDonagh, Luca Guadagnino, Darren Aronofsky, and Joanna Hogg will premiere on the Lido, which will also welcome A-list talent like Timothée Chalamet, Cate Blanchett, and Harry Styles.

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Six Degrees

The stars of Peacock’s forthcoming film chat with V.F. about their slasher flick set at a conversion therapy camp.

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