Michael Schulman
Michael Schulman , a staff writer, has contributed to The New Yorker since 2006. He is the author of “ Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears ” and “ Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep .”
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dept. of influences ·
Ken Caillat, who was an engineer on the Fleetwood Mac album “Rumours,” went to see David Adjmi’s hit play and was surprised by the similarities with his own memoir, Michael Schulman writes.
profiles ·
A Profile of the “Saturday Night Live” star Bowen Yang, who co-hosts the “Las Culturistas” podcast with Matt Rogers and will appear in the upcoming movie “Wicked.” Michael Schulman reports.
the pictures ·
Dominic Sessa had only acted in school plays at Deerfield Academy when Alexander Payne plucked him from twelfth grade to star alongside Paul Giamatti in his “Christmas-blues” film, “The Holdovers,” Michael Schulman writes.
profiles ·
Michael Schulman profiles the director of “Alien,” “Blade Runner,” “Gladiator,” and “Thelma & Louise,” who discusses his career and his new movie about the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby.
profiles ·
The star of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Mad Men”—who is also a director, a rom-com fan, and a Scientologist—likes to swim in the weird, Michael Schulman writes.
dept. of earworms ·
José Feliciano looks back on the nineteen-word Christmas song, which he wrote in ten minutes and recorded in a single take, Michael Schulman writes.
profiles ·
Michael Schulman on why so many directors want to work with Hollywood’s most unconventional lead.
onward and upward with the arts ·
Michael Schulman on Lynn Nottage’s play “Sweat,” a tough yet empathetic portrait of the America that came undone.