Matthew Jacobs

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.

A photo illustration of Anne Hathaway in Mother Mary.

LIKE A PRAYER

How Oscar Winner Became Taylor, Gaga, and Madonna Combined

Director David Lowery breaks down the influences behind his new movie “Mother Mary,” which stars Hathaway as a headlining singer in the midst of an artistic meltdown.

Matthew Jacobs

HERE WE GO AGAIN

Blake Lively’s New Film Is a Campy Distraction From Scandal

While everyone is fixated on Lively’s bombshell lawsuit, “Another Simple Favor” premiered at SXSW—and is actually a great time.

Matthew Jacobs

A photo illustration of Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff

MEET THE PARENTS: HINDU EDITION

Making History: There’s Finally a Gay Indian Rom-Com

Stars 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.”

Matthew Jacobs

CAN’T MAKE IT UP

The Reason eBay Sent a Box of Cockroaches to Bloggers’ Home

“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.

Matthew Jacobs

A NEW START

The Moving Sundance Doc About a Gym Run by Former Prisoners

Director Debra Granik talks to The Daily Beast’s Obsessed about her lively, eye-opening new documentary about the challenge of triumphing after incarceration.

Matthew Jacobs

Matthew Jacobs

How Oscar Winner Became Taylor, Gaga, and Madonna Combined

Blake Lively’s New Film Is a Campy Distraction From Scandal

Making History: There’s Finally a Gay Indian Rom-Com

The Reason eBay Sent a Box of Cockroaches to Bloggers’ Home

The Moving Sundance Doc About a Gym Run by Former Prisoners

The Magic, Manipulative Secrets of NYC Psychics Revealed

Meet River Gallo, the Intersex It Star of Sundance

Lucy Lawless: How Xena Became Sundance’s Hottest Director

The Reason Why You Love the Horror Comedy ‘Totally Killer’

The Real-Life Bank Heist That Should Have Us All Petrified