The thousand faces of Willem Dafoe: Hollywood star immerses himself in experimental theater in Venice
The actor is premiering a show and bringing together prominent avant-garde figures in his first edition as director of the Biennale’s stage section
Welcome to the age of depressing musicals: Films that sing through tragedy and the apocalypse
‘The End’, by Joshua Oppenheimer, is the latest in a wave of song-filled movies that rewrite the rules of the musical genre and reject the traditional happy ending — joining titles like ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Annette,’ ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ and ‘Cyrano’
Chloë Sevigny, the actress who did the unthinkable on screen and emerged victorious
Sevigny, who led an erratic life and never wanted to be famous, has been an indie muse, a model, an Oscar nominee and the protagonist of extreme on-screen experiments. She has survived it all. Today, she’s triumphed again, with ‘Poker Face’