have a light?Everyone in This TV Show Should Be Smoking Any period piece set between 1800 and 2000 that isn’t choked by cigarette haze is fundamentally compromised.By Matt Zoller Seitz
vulture listsMaya Rudolph’s 17 Best SNL Moments The powerhouse who proved that SNL can be kind of a calling in and of itself returns to studio 8H this weekend.By Jesse Hassenger
the action editionPicking His Fights The twists and turns of Jake Gyllenhaal’s unlikely, unsettling action career have brought him to Road House.By Bilge Ebiri
in conversationTodd Haynes Plays the Superego The director is interested in people constrained by society’s rules. In his new film May December, he makes it harder to root for the rule-breakers.By Madeline Leung Coleman
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the industryRomeo and Juliet Was a Tragedy In 1968, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were the most famous teenagers in the world. Fifty-five years later, they sued Paramount for child abuse.By Lila Shapiro
screen timeThe Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes The most overrated metric in entertainment is erratic, reductive, and easily hacked — and yet has Hollywood in its grip.By Lane Brown