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Matthew Jacobs is a freelance culture writer who covers movies and TV. He has contributed to Vulture, Vanity Fair, GQ, The Hollywood Reporter, Thrillist, and HuffPost.
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Blake Lively’s New Film Is a Campy Distraction From Scandal
HERE WE GO AGAINWhile everyone is fixated on Lively’s bombshell lawsuit, “Another Simple Favor” premiered at SXSW—and is actually a great time.

Making History: There’s Finally a Gay Indian Rom-Com
MEET THE PARENTS: HINDU EDITIONStars Jonathan Groff and Karan Soni and director Roshan Selthi on the joy of making “A Nice Indian Boy,” joking: “An independent film needs a famous white person to get made.”

The Reason eBay Sent a Box of Cockroaches to Bloggers’ Home
CAN’T MAKE IT UP“Whatever It Takes,” which just premiered at the SXSW Film and TV Festival, chronicles the sordid harassment that a pair of bloggers received from eBay—stalking, bugs, and all.

The Moving Sundance Doc About a Gym Run by Former Prisoners
A NEW STARTDirector Debra Granik talks to The Daily Beast’s Obsessed about her lively, eye-opening new documentary about the challenge of triumphing after incarceration.

The Magic, Manipulative Secrets of NYC Psychics Revealed
THE GIFT?In “Look Into My Eyes,” a documentary filmmaker peeks behind the curtain of the mysterious world of New York psychic readings. What she learned may surprise you.

Meet River Gallo, the Intersex It Star of Sundance
NEXT GENERATIONGallo wrote and stars in “Ponyboi,” the electric new film in which they star alongside Dylan O’Brien playing a sex worker, custodian, drug dealer, and Bruce Springsteen fan.

Lucy Lawless: How Xena Became Sundance’s Hottest Director
SECOND ACTSThe former Warrior Princess tells Obsessed about her unlikely journey to directing the documentary “Never Look Away,” about an intrepid war correspondent.

The Reason Why You Love the Horror Comedy ‘Totally Killer’
BEHIND THE SCENESNahnatchka Khan dishes with Obsessed about her new film and what made past projects like “Always Be My Maybe” hits.

The Real-Life Bank Heist That Should Have Us All Petrified
CAN’T MAKE IT UPThe new documentary “Billion Dollar Heist” chronicles the 2016 digital attack on Bangladesh’s financial system, which could have been worse with the help of today’s AI. Be afraid…

Ari Aster Answers All Your Questions About ‘Beau Is Afraid’
SPOILER ALERT!Talking Mariah Carey songs, decapitations, and penis monsters in a very spoiler-y conversation with the director of “Beau Is Afraid.”
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