Greta Gerwig
Bridal Barbie
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach Are Legally Married
They liked it, they put a ring on it, they signed a paper.
By Kase Wickman
oui oui
Greta Gerwig Will Lead the Cannes Film Festival Jury
The Barbie filmmaker will be the first American female director and the second-youngest person ever to head up the prestigious fest’s jury.
By Chris Murphy
his job is sequel
Is Greta Gerwig Mulling a Barbie Sequel Starring Ken?
According to a recent 60 Minutes interview, the answer is not no: “I guess we’ll see.”
By Chris Murphy
la vie en rose
It Was the Year of Barbie Pink, But Whose Color Is It Anyway?
As large segments of the planet donned their figurative rose-colored lenses this year, artist and occasional troll Stuart Semple used the moment to make a statement about color.
By Kase Wickman
editor’s letter
Radhika Jones on Greta Gerwig and the Year of Barbie
The editor in chief on one director’s very good year, and how creativity should fuel a poststrike Hollywood.
By Radhika Jones
COVER STORY
After Barbie, Greta Gerwig Has No Plans to Rest
The director on her box office dominance, life with Noah Baumbach, and the grossest parenting story you’ve ever heard.
By Sloane Crosley
Photography by Norman Jean Roy
Barbie Nightmare House
Noah Baumbach Thought Barbie Was a “Terrible Idea” at First
In conversation with Judd Apatow, Baumbach opened up about his initial misgivings about co-writing the Barbie movie: “You have to get us out of this.”
By Chris Murphy
timmy time
Looks Like Timothée Chalamet Had a Very Nice Summer
Now featuring: Greta Gerwig! Also a dog!
By Kase Wickman
i am kenough
Watch Ryan Gosling Channel His Kenergy Into the Making of “I’m Just Ken”
A new behind-the-scenes video shows Gosling in the rehearsal studio and recording booth for Barbie’s inescapable power ballad.
By Savannah Walsh
zombie lies
Bill Maher Beefs With “Preachy, Man-Hating” Barbie Movie
Did this Ken do some googling to learn the gender ratio of Mattel’s real board of directors? You bet!
By Savannah Walsh
Hi, Barbie
This Barbie Has Made $1 Billion at the Box Office
Greta Gerwig's Barbie has officially surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, just as its star Margot Robbie predicted it would.
By Chris Murphy
Nice Work If You Can Get It
These Taylor Swift and Beyoncé Concerts Are Totally Rewriting My Understanding of the Social Order
Two mega-tours, and the endless social content they’ve engendered in my feed, have had a unique way of demonstrating which of one’s follows have the pull for VIP and who is secretly nosebleed status.
By Kenzie Bryant
What's that smell?
Greta Gerwig's Barbie Originally Had “A Lot Of Fart Jokes,” Including a “Fart Opera”
In a podcast interview, Gerwig and her editor Nick Huoy revealed that they shot a “whole fart scene” that, unfortunately, got left on the cutting room floor.
By Chris Murphy
come on barbie
Barbie 2: What Might We See in a Sequel?
A $1 billion box office haul makes a return trip to Barbie Land very likely. From Sylvester Stallone directing to Cillian Murphy starring, here are all the wild ideas that have been floated about a potential sequel.
By Savannah Walsh
The Real World
This Ken Is CEO: An Interview With Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz
Barbie skewers the company behind the famous doll, but the exec in charge doesn’t mind: “We embrace self-deprecation.”
By Natalie Jarvey
viewing tips
What’s the Best Order in Which to Watch Barbie and Oppenheimer?
Two VF writers debate and discuss the ideal approach to “Barbenheimer” (or should we say “Oppenbie”?).
By David Canfield and Chris Murphy
Barbie of the Flower Moon
Barbie Reveals What Greta Gerwig and Martin Scorsese Have in Common
The two filmmakers shared a brilliant cinematographer: Rodrigo Prieto, who spoke with us about making Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon.
By David Canfield
video
“We Should’ve Done This at the Sleepover”: Which Barbie Knows the Others Best?
Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, Issa Rae, America Ferrera, and Kate McKinnon quiz one another on their favorite reality-TV shows, guilty pleasures, and go-to karaoke songs.
By Savannah Walsh
Review
Barbie Is About as Good as a Barbie Movie Could Ever Be
Greta Gerwig’s film is more than an advertisement, but a little less than a dream.
By Richard Lawson
Blonde Fragility
Singing “I’m Just Ken” in Barbie Was Ryan Gosling’s Idea
And more from Barbie: The Album executive producer, Mark Ronson, who tapped into his Ken-ergy to assemble the most anticipated soundtrack of the summer.
By Natalie Jarvey