Rachel Handler

All the Cool Girls Are Taking Themselves Out to Sea As a quarter-century (and maybe democracy) comes to a close, a film and TV trope is back: All the cool girls are walking into bodies of water — Rose Byrne, Tessa Thompson, the women on ‘Hacks.’ Is this the defining visual metaphor of 2025?

As a quarter-century (and maybe democracy) comes to a close, a film and TV trope is back: All the cool girls are walking into bodies of water — Rose Byrne, Tessa Thompson, the women on ‘Hacks.’ Is this the defining visual metaphor of 2025?

Netflix’s Christmas Movies Are Eerily Normal This Year I worry that by pointing out how insane these movies are for years on end, I have accidentally bullied Netflix into making them more coherent.

My wife and I just read this while rundown out loud — its fucking hilarious and EXACTLY the reviews I needed www.vulture.com/article/netf...

Netflix’s Christmas Movies Are Eerily Normal This Year Netflix’s Christmas movies are eerily normal this year. ‘My Secret Santa,’ ‘Champagne Problems,’ ‘A Merry Little Ex-Mas,’ and ‘Jingle Bell Heist’ are all workmanlike, occasionally competent. They appear to have been directed. Something’s different.

Netflix’s Christmas movies are eerily normal this year. ‘My Secret Santa,’ ‘Champagne Problems,’ ‘A Merry Little Ex-Mas,’ and ‘Jingle Bell Heist’ are all workmanlike, occasionally competent. They appear to have been directed. Something’s different.

Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody Enter an Elder Seinfeld Era Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody have entered their Elder Seinfeld era. On their new advice podcast about nothing, ‘Don’t Listen to Us,’ the actor couple argue, make up, weep, and laugh. “And some people like it.”

Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody have entered their Elder Seinfeld era. On their new advice podcast about nothing, ‘Don’t Listen to Us,’ the actor couple argue, make up, weep, and laugh. “And some people like it.”

Jennifer Lawrence’s Worst Nightmare The Die My Love actress had no problem performing a nude sex scene pregnant. Watching her movie postpartum was harder.

talked to jennifer lawrence and lynne ramsay about die my love, postpartum depression, filming nude scenes while pregnant, and murder podcasts: www.vulture.com/article/jenn...

Jennifer Lawrence’s Worst Nightmare The actress says she had no problem performing a nude sex scene for director Lynn Ramsay while she was pregnant. Watching her movie postpartum, however, was harder to do.

The actress says she had no problem performing a nude sex scene for director Lynn Ramsay while she was pregnant. Watching her movie postpartum, however, was harder to do.

A Delightful Conversation with Diane Keaton The late Diane Keaton, the star of ‘Baby Boom,’ ‘Father of the Bride,’ and ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ breaks down the genius of her longtime collaborator. Republished from 2020.

The late Diane Keaton, the star of ‘Baby Boom,’ ‘Father of the Bride,’ and ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ breaks down the genius of her longtime collaborator. Republished from 2020.

‘You’re Right, I Am Exorcising Something’ Joachim Trier made ‘Sentimental Value’ — a movie about a bad dad who happens to be a director — shortly after becoming a father himself: ‘You’re right, I am exorcising something,’ he tells Rachel Handler.

Joachim Trier made ‘Sentimental Value’ — a movie about a bad dad who happens to be a director — shortly after becoming a father himself: ‘You’re right, I am exorcising something,’ he tells Rachel Handler.

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I Didn’t Need to Know All of That About Travis Kelce On Taylor Swift’s “Wood.”

"it commits the cardinal sin of heterosexuality: Don’t ever tell a man he’s stacked *and* his podcast is good. This line may singlehandedly fast-track the downfall of civilization."

www.vulture.com/article/tayl...

I Didn’t Need to Know All of That About Travis Kelce By simply and innocently pressing play on Taylor Swift’s “Wood,” I was forced to choke down a lumber truck’s worth of information about Travis Kelce’s ‘Wood.’ Here’s what I now know against my will.

By simply and innocently pressing play on Taylor Swift’s “Wood,” I was forced to choke down a lumber truck’s worth of information about Travis Kelce’s ‘Wood.’

Here’s what I now know against my will.

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

I Can’t Wait to See These Freaks Again ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ was like ‘Challengers’ for teenagers, with far-reaching incestuous undertones. Thank God it’s not actually ending.

‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ was like ‘Challengers’ for teenagers, with far-reaching incestuous undertones. Thank God it’s not actually ending.

And Just Like That, And Just Like That … Is Dead And I’m actually really sad about it.

www.vulture.com/article/and-... “I will miss it desperately, in the same way that I made fun of and now miss the dysfunctional concept of American democracy.” @rachelhandler.bsky.social

And Just Like That, And Just Like That … Is Dead And I’m actually really sad about it.

Everything about this piece from @rachelhandler.bsky.social is true and silly and beautiful.

This should be offered unpaywalled as a balm for our wounded psyches. A must-read. Pure art.

And Just Like That, And Just Like That … Is Dead ‘And Just Like That …’ was a state of mind, and that mind is in a coma. It was a place to go for 44 minutes a week, a safe and necessary container for our wild and dangerous national id, which will now roam unchecked and destroy us all.

‘And Just Like That …’ was a state of mind, and that mind is in a coma. It was a place to go for 44 minutes a week, a safe and necessary container for our wild and dangerous national id, which will now roam unchecked and destroy us all.

And Just Like That, And Just Like That … Is Dead And I’m actually really sad about it.

wrote an obituary for “and just like that…,” which was, among so many other things, a container for our wild and dangerous national id, which will now roam unchecked and destroy us all www.vulture.com/article/and-...

‘I Feel Bad for That Girl Sometimes’ Jennifer Love Hewitt faced intense sexism early in her career. It almost kept her from returning to the franchise that made her famous.

I profiled Jennifer Love Hewitt, who was vulnerable & honest as we talked about surviving the early aughts, the ongoing conversation about her body instead of her work, her anxiety over returning to I Know What You Did Last Summer & a lot more www.vulture.com/article/jenn...

‘I Feel Bad for That Girl Sometimes’ Jennifer Love Hewitt faced intense sexism early in her career. It almost kept her from returning to the franchise that made her famous, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer.’

Jennifer Love Hewitt faced intense sexism early in her career. It almost kept her from returning to the franchise that made her famous, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer.’

nadia melliti won best actress at cannes! she is astonishing and this was her first acting role ever. she’d never even been in a school play. www.vulture.com/article/the-...

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

thank you 🥰

my final cannes dispatch 🫡

Chatting With June Squibb at Cannes About Matzo-Ball Soup, Men, and Lying The 95-year-old June Squibb is at the festival as the lead in ‘Eleanor the Great,’ Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut.

The 95-year-old June Squibb is at the festival as the lead in ‘Eleanor the Great,’ Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut.

Chatting With June Squibb at Cannes About Matzo-Ball Soup, Men, and Lying The 95-year-old is at the festival as the lead in Eleanor the Great, Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut.

had lunch with my girl june squibb at cannes and we gossiped about men, matzoh ball soup, and lying www.vulture.com/article/june...

Why Julia Ducournau Was ‘Scared’ to Make Alpha ‘Titane’ director Julia Ducournau was ‘scared’ to make her new film, ‘Alpha,’ and calls it her most ‘exposing’ work yet.

‘Titane’ director Julia Ducournau was ‘scared’ to make her new film, ‘Alpha,’ and calls it her most ‘exposing’ work yet.

Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor Were ‘Naughty’ While Making The History of Sound Paul Mescal on his quietly devastating WWI romance, in which he has intense and believable chemistry with Josh O’Connor.

In their new film, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor were "naughty": "Josh has the capacity to make me feel very much like a young boy. I felt very playful," Mescal added www.vulture.com/article/paul...

idk what this means but i’m honored to be mentioned hi stevie!

The great @rachelhandler.bsky.social is this generation's Nellie Bly.