The Craft of the Monologue: How Actors Prepare and Perform Television's Most Demanding Moments
A two-minute speech with no scene partner is the hardest job on a call sheet. Here is how actors build one.
Profiles
Long-form portraits of actors, writers, directors and crew, reported with time on set and questions about the work instead of the private life.
The One-Man Anthology: How Mike White Turned Total Authorial Control Into HBO's Most Reliable Emmy Machine
Every script, every setup, every season: Mike White has written and directed all of "The White Lotus" himself, and HBO's renewal record shows exactly what that concentration of control has bought the network.
Damon Lindelof: The Rewatch Era's Most Debated Showrunner
Lost made him famous, The Leftovers made him beloved, and Watchmen made him an Emmy winner — the career television argues about more than any other.
Taylor Sheridan: How One Writer Filled a Network-Sized Hole in the West
A working actor became the screenwriter of Sicario and Hell or High Water, then built Yellowstone into a Paramount empire of spin-offs and dust.
Mindy Kaling: The Writer-Performer Who Built Her Own Development Pipeline
The youngest writer on The Office's staff turned a supporting character into a producing empire that now feeds three streamers at once.
Mara Brock Akil: The Showrunner Who Kept Black Stories on Network TV
Girlfriends, The Game, and Being Mary Jane built a twenty-five-year argument that Black drama belongs on every screen available.