In the ’50s, the sitcom Leave It to Beaver fashioned its matriarch June Cleaver as the archetypally ideal American housewife. Viewers could expect to find her cooking up a roast in the kitchen, practicing her needlepoint, or arranging tea roses, never a hair out of...
If there’s one thing we can count on, it’s that a murder mystery mini-series starring Nicole Kidman will feature a gorgeous home. In The Perfect Couple, Kidman’s latest Netflix thriller based on novelist Elin Hilderbrand’s 2018 book of the same name, that dwelling is Summerland,...
Pedro Almodóvar’s eagerly awaited new film, The Room Next Door, starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, will arrive in theaters in the United States later this winter (with a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles and New York on December 20, followed by a broader...
Even a casual fan of performer St. Vincent—real name Annie Clark—is probably aware of her encyclopedic knowledge of musicians and music genres. Her Grammy-winning records span styles ranging from industrial rock to lounge pop, all of which showcase Clark’s trademark incisive lyrics and her ability...
This September will mark three decades since Monica, Rachel, Ross, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe were introduced to the world via NBC’s Friends, a sitcom widely considered to be one of the most influential TV shows of all time. The misadventures of the 6 twentysomethings stumbling...
That Monica’s apartment appears relatable (though the debate about whether any of the characters would have been able to afford their places rages on) is a testament to production designer John Shaffner, his partner Joe Stewart, and set decorator Greg Grande. When creating the space,...
When Shaffner got the script for “The One With the Football,” which involved the gang playing a game of outdoor football for much of the episode, he had questions. Namely, how was he supposed to create a realistic-looking park inside their soundstage? Bright reassured him that...
Back in 1999, Aaron Sorkin gave audiences a key to the White House. With his political drama The West Wing, which ended in 2006, the showrunner, alongside production designers Jon Hutman and Kenneth Hardy, created a painstakingly accurate reproduction of the iconic building. The sets,...
The mandate for much of the film was to keep things as consistent with the original as possible, but the home was a special case. The exterior underwent a postmodern, geometric reimagining under the direction of Delia Deetz (Catherine O’Hara) and her interior designer, Otho...
Over the last three seasons of Only Murders in the Building, fans have come to know the Arconia, the fictional building where Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) reside, as a sort of fourth main character. And though...