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Two films, both alike in sensuality, screened simultaneously at @festivaldecannes this week. Each depicted intense, life-altering affairs between women, but where ‘A Woman’s Life’ by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet strove for realism, Jane Schoenbrun’s ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ went for surreal, balls-to-the-walls maximalism. Read our review online now at the link in bio.

Above, @leadrucker and @melaniethierry in ‘A Woman’s Life’ #cannes2026 @janedoesnotknow @welcometocampmiasma

The @festivaldecannes is well underway, and Mastermind is covering the action with reviews, interviews and reporting. First up, @elsspethh surveys the state of film criticism, speaks to veteran critics @davidehrlich and #Serge Kaganski about how the profession has changed and the future websites like @letterboxd represent. Read now via the link in bio #Cannes2026 #letterboxd

Responsible for some of fashion’s most unforgettable makeup moments, Pat McGrath has helped transform runways into high-octane beauty spectacles. The industry has changed enormously since she first began creating her bold, technically defiant looks, which are now endlessly referenced and recreated.

“What’s changed for the better is how beauty is shared and defined,” @patmcgrathreal tells @whatcaityfound. “And there’s more diversity now, more skin tones, more identities visible than when I started. What I miss a little is that private, exploratory feeling – testing and discovering backstage before everything was instantly documented. That sense of magic was special.”
Read #PatMcGrath’s full interview in #Mastermind19, out now.

Photography @richardburbridge
Fashion @conor_manning
Makeup Direction @patmcgrathreal
Makeup @jennasaisquoii using La Beauté @LouisVuitton
Hair @joeygeorge
Manicure @jinsoonchoi
Models @saaracaballero 
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @felixcadieu for @neighborsbrooklyn

Responsible for some of fashion’s most unforgettable makeup moments, Pat McGrath has helped transform runways into high-octane beauty spectacles. The industry has changed enormously since she first began creating her bold, technically defiant looks, which are now endlessly referenced and recreated.

“What’s changed for the better is how beauty is shared and defined,” @patmcgrathreal tells @whatcaityfound. “And there’s more diversity now, more skin tones, more identities visible than when I started. What I miss a little is that private, exploratory feeling – testing and discovering backstage before everything was instantly documented. That sense of magic was special.”
Read #PatMcGrath’s full interview in #Mastermind19, out now.

Photography @richardburbridge
Fashion @conor_manning
Makeup Direction @patmcgrathreal
Makeup @jennasaisquoii using La Beauté @LouisVuitton
Hair @joeygeorge
Manicure @jinsoonchoi
Models @saaracaballero 
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @felixcadieu for @neighborsbrooklyn

A breath of fresh air, @isitnobis photographed by @ethanjamesgreen in #Mastermind19, out now

Photography #ethanjamesgreen
Creative Direction @marieameliesauve
Fashion @conor_manning
Hair @lucas.a.wilson
Makeup @hannah_murray1
Manicure @lollykoonnails
Model #JuliaNobis
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @tannservices

A breath of fresh air, @isitnobis photographed by @ethanjamesgreen in #Mastermind19, out now

Photography #ethanjamesgreen
Creative Direction @marieameliesauve
Fashion @conor_manning
Hair @lucas.a.wilson
Makeup @hannah_murray1
Manicure @lollykoonnails
Model #JuliaNobis
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @tannservices

Bits and peaces from The Fix, featuring @rebeccalongendyke photographed by @roeethridge. More in #Mastermind19, out now.

Photography #roeethridge
Creative direction @marieameliesauve
Fashion @conor_manning
Hair @hairbyorlandopita
Makeup @susiesobol
Manicure @lollykoonnails
Set Design @megankiantos
Model #rebeccalongendyke
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @henstoothproductions

Bits and peaces from The Fix, featuring @rebeccalongendyke photographed by @roeethridge. More in #Mastermind19, out now.

Photography #roeethridge
Creative direction @marieameliesauve
Fashion @conor_manning
Hair @hairbyorlandopita
Makeup @susiesobol
Manicure @lollykoonnails
Set Design @megankiantos
Model #rebeccalongendyke
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @henstoothproductions

Now that spring is rumbling to life, the season has come for long walks in blossoming nature. At the link in bio, British journalist and author of ‘Wonderlands: British Garden Designers at Home’ @clarecoulson shares her recommendations for where to sit under cherry blossom trees, observe bearded irises or bask in a meadow – and why the UK is so proud of its gardening heritage. Above, Gresgarth Hall, by @aralennoxboyd, photographed by @eva_nemeth

Few artists can translate their emotions with such sincerity that their work becomes an impetus for change – a catalyst for cultural revolution. Yohji Yamamoto has this power: he subverts an industry’s notions of who women are and how they might dress, while waging a deeper battle for peace and diversity.

“I’ve been doing this job for more than 40 years,” @yohjiyamamotoofficial tells @raysanfourche in #Mastermind19. “I’ve been asking myself recently, ‘When are you going to finish your work?’ There’s no answer. Maybe when I die, or when I no longer understand how to cut, how to print, how to pick a color. As far as I know, I can never stop.” Order the new issue to read the full interview with #YohjiYamamoto.

Photography @markrkean
Creative direction @marieameliesauve
Fashion @noorxalali
Hair @olivierschawalder
Makeup @peterphilipsmakeup
Manicure @marie.rosa
Model @darthnoor
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @nilmproduction

Few artists can translate their emotions with such sincerity that their work becomes an impetus for change – a catalyst for cultural revolution. Yohji Yamamoto has this power: he subverts an industry’s notions of who women are and how they might dress, while waging a deeper battle for peace and diversity.

“I’ve been doing this job for more than 40 years,” @yohjiyamamotoofficial tells @raysanfourche in #Mastermind19. “I’ve been asking myself recently, ‘When are you going to finish your work?’ There’s no answer. Maybe when I die, or when I no longer understand how to cut, how to print, how to pick a color. As far as I know, I can never stop.” Order the new issue to read the full interview with #YohjiYamamoto.

Photography @markrkean
Creative direction @marieameliesauve
Fashion @noorxalali
Hair @olivierschawalder
Makeup @peterphilipsmakeup
Manicure @marie.rosa
Model @darthnoor
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @nilmproduction

Happy 80th birthday to the wonderful Walter Pfeiffer! Tomorrow, a new retrospective spanning 55 years of the Swiss photographer’s work opens at @pinacotecaagnelli, titled “In Good Company.” The show testifies to his relentless appetite for art-making. “I’m always working without a break, never a break. It’s always like this. I work all the time. I have a huge amount of work because I was only happy when I worked,” @walterpfeiffer_official tells @jeremyolds in #Mastermind19. Read the full interview online now via the link in bio.

Above, some images #WalterPfeiffer shot for our latest issue. In the first slide, @danakatesmith and @henryrank_ wear @celine; in the second, @rabanne

Creative direction @marieameliesauve
Fashion @conor_manning
Hair @damienboissinothair
Makeup @hiromi_ueda
Manicure @marie.rosa
Set Design @sophear_van
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @newlightfilms

Happy 80th birthday to the wonderful Walter Pfeiffer! Tomorrow, a new retrospective spanning 55 years of the Swiss photographer’s work opens at @pinacotecaagnelli, titled “In Good Company.” The show testifies to his relentless appetite for art-making. “I’m always working without a break, never a break. It’s always like this. I work all the time. I have a huge amount of work because I was only happy when I worked,” @walterpfeiffer_official tells @jeremyolds in #Mastermind19. Read the full interview online now via the link in bio.

Above, some images #WalterPfeiffer shot for our latest issue. In the first slide, @danakatesmith and @henryrank_ wear @celine; in the second, @rabanne

Creative direction @marieameliesauve
Fashion @conor_manning
Hair @damienboissinothair
Makeup @hiromi_ueda
Manicure @marie.rosa
Set Design @sophear_van
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @newlightfilms

In 2013, the philanthropist Maja Hoffmann established LUMA Arles, an institution designed by the late Frank Gehry that is now a global cultural powerhouse and a laboratory for artistic, scientific and ecological innovations. And it’s just one part of her far more ambitious vision, she tells Donatien Grau in #Mastermind19.

“LUMA’s project was based on the idea that art cannot change the world, but that society must take artists’ ways of thinking into account, and that artists are not there just to decorate. Artistic creation is one thing, but it’s creative thinking that interests me more,” she says.

Read the full interview in the new issue, out now. Photos of @luma_arles by @matthieusalvaing; portrait of #MajaHoffman by @theodegueltzl. #frankgehry #lumaarles #arles

In 2013, the philanthropist Maja Hoffmann established LUMA Arles, an institution designed by the late Frank Gehry that is now a global cultural powerhouse and a laboratory for artistic, scientific and ecological innovations. And it’s just one part of her far more ambitious vision, she tells Donatien Grau in #Mastermind19.

“LUMA’s project was based on the idea that art cannot change the world, but that society must take artists’ ways of thinking into account, and that artists are not there just to decorate. Artistic creation is one thing, but it’s creative thinking that interests me more,” she says.

Read the full interview in the new issue, out now. Photos of @luma_arles by @matthieusalvaing; portrait of #MajaHoffman by @theodegueltzl. #frankgehry #lumaarles #arles

In 2013, the philanthropist Maja Hoffmann established LUMA Arles, an institution designed by the late Frank Gehry that is now a global cultural powerhouse and a laboratory for artistic, scientific and ecological innovations. And it’s just one part of her far more ambitious vision, she tells Donatien Grau in #Mastermind19.

“LUMA’s project was based on the idea that art cannot change the world, but that society must take artists’ ways of thinking into account, and that artists are not there just to decorate. Artistic creation is one thing, but it’s creative thinking that interests me more,” she says.

Read the full interview in the new issue, out now. Photos of @luma_arles by @matthieusalvaing; portrait of #MajaHoffman by @theodegueltzl. #frankgehry #lumaarles #arles

Pfantastic Mr Pfeffer - @walterpfeiffer_official shoots a new series for #Mastermind19. See the full story in the new issue.

Above: @danakatesmith wears @dior and @henryrank_ wears @versace

Photography #walterpfeiffer
Videography @quentinsaunier
Creative direction @marieameliesauve
Fashion @conor_manning
Hair @damienboissinothair
Makeup @hiromi_ueda
Manicure @marie.rosa
Set Design @sophear_van
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @newlightfilms
Music @romainbarry

A trip to the British seaside with @alasdairmclellan, from the new issue of Mastermind.

Photography #alasdairmclellan
Creative direction @marieameliesauve
Fashion @conor_manning
Hair @damienboissinothair
Makeup @hiromi_ueda
Manicure @alicemcnails
Models @jacquilouise__ @m4x_proctor @taylorhanbury_ and @charlottelucyboggia
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @partner.films

A trip to the British seaside with @alasdairmclellan, from the new issue of Mastermind.

Photography #alasdairmclellan
Creative direction @marieameliesauve
Fashion @conor_manning
Hair @damienboissinothair
Makeup @hiromi_ueda
Manicure @alicemcnails
Models @jacquilouise__ @m4x_proctor @taylorhanbury_ and @charlottelucyboggia
Casting @piergiorgio and @jussivuorenlehto
Production @partner.films

Earlier this month, Paapa Essiedu won the Best Supporting Actor prize at the @olivierawards for his performance in ‘All My Sons,’ Arthur Miller’s evisceration of the American Dream, revived for the West End by Ivo van Hove. “The blinding quality of greed is pervasive through all sections of our society’s organizational structures. And this play, in a pretty on-the-nose way, holds a mirror up to that and asks us, as performers and audiences, if we’re willing to tolerate that,” pessiedu tells @charlesshafaieh in #Mastermind19.

The accolade follows his recent turn in the acclaimed @bbc show ‘Babies’ and adds to anticipation surrounding his upcoming role as Severus Snape in the new @harrypotter series. Yet Essiedu remains down-to-earth, and is especially passionate about who has access to the arts and what stories are told. Read the full interview in the new issue, out now.

#PaapaEssiedu was photographed by @scotttrindle and styled in @prada by @stephaniewaknine, with grooming by @sydhayeshair and barbering by @londonbarberchristian #harrypotterhbo #allmysons #ivovanhove

Earlier this month, Paapa Essiedu won the Best Supporting Actor prize at the @olivierawards for his performance in ‘All My Sons,’ Arthur Miller’s evisceration of the American Dream, revived for the West End by Ivo van Hove. “The blinding quality of greed is pervasive through all sections of our society’s organizational structures. And this play, in a pretty on-the-nose way, holds a mirror up to that and asks us, as performers and audiences, if we’re willing to tolerate that,” pessiedu tells @charlesshafaieh in #Mastermind19.

The accolade follows his recent turn in the acclaimed @bbc show ‘Babies’ and adds to anticipation surrounding his upcoming role as Severus Snape in the new @harrypotter series. Yet Essiedu remains down-to-earth, and is especially passionate about who has access to the arts and what stories are told. Read the full interview in the new issue, out now.

#PaapaEssiedu was photographed by @scotttrindle and styled in @prada by @stephaniewaknine, with grooming by @sydhayeshair and barbering by @londonbarberchristian #harrypotterhbo #allmysons #ivovanhove