Mastermind

In Mastermind 10, we are granted a rare audience with one of cinema’s all-time greats, Anjelica Huston. Sofia Coppola reflects on her singular filmmaking journey and Tom Daley dives deep into the specificities of queer fatherhood, plus we consider the enduring American fascination with France.

In Mastermind 09, Natalia Vodianova considers how her family values have shaped her path in life, and Tahar Rahim discusses the psychology of playing good and evil characters. We get up close and personal with the living legend Patti Smith and meet the trailblazing French politician Christiane Taubira, before taking a journey through the world of Charlotte Gainsbourg.

A portion of the proceeds from Mastermind 09 will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, the international humanitarian organization providing medical support to countries affected by conflict and disease.

In Mastermind 08, the radiant actress Léa Seydoux invites us into her cinematic universe, and John Legend ponders the power of music in times of despair. Two powerhouses of French cinema, actress Marina Foïs and director Christophe Honoré, hold a lively discussion on the female gaze and the limits of gender, while chef Yotam Ottolenghi serves up some of his irresistible dishes.

A portion of the proceeds from Mastermind 08 will be donated to Medecins Sans Frontieres, the international humanitarian organization providing medical support to countries affected by conflict and disease.

In Mastermind 07, Finn Wolfhard describes coming of age in the public eye, and two legends of French cinema –director André Téchiné and actress Catherine Deneuve –reflect on their remarkable 40-year working relationship. We meet Laura Harrier, the actress shaking up Hollywood, and grapple with what is unquestionably the most important issue of our time: the climate crisis.

In Mastermind 06, the superstar siblings Willow and Jaden Smith reflect on the state of the world, Robyn and Noomi Rapace discuss their Swedish upbringings, and Isabelle Adjani reckons with her place in the French imagination. We head into the Japanese Alps to meet master artist and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto, and travel back in time, to Paris in 1981, to consider what remains of the era’s hopeful spirit.

In Mastermind 05, Claire Danes gives a master class on the art of coming undone, while Laetitia Casta and veteran French journalist Edwy Plenel share a probing, heartfelt discussion. We document China’s ‘Duplitecture’ phenomenon, chart the rise of modern-day witchcraft, and investigate plastic surgery among the young. We also delve inside the mind of Julien Dossena, the creative director bringinghis progressive vision to Paco Rabanne.

In Mastermind 04, Kristen Stewart pleads her case to a former defense lawyer, and Karl Lagerfeld and Leïla Slimani bond over their deep, unanswerable love of literature. We travel to a ghost town in the middle of the Californian desert, the Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche shares excerpts from her diary, and we discover the dark and colorful past of author Edmund White.

In Mastermind 03, we share in a tender moment between Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly and her son, Stellan Bettany, while director Olivier Assayasand artist David Hockney hold a free-wheeling dialogue on art and its limitations. French author Emmanuel Carrère considers the nature of loyalty in his work, and we trace the many lives of Hollywood legend Yul Brynner.

In Mastermind 02, we travel to Japan to meet the legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki and are granted a rare audience with the master American photographer William Eggleston. We take readers on a hunt for the mysterious monsieur Martin Margiela, the author Siri Hustvedt writes frankly about America’s political sickness, and France’s literary wunderkind Edouard Louis considers writing as a means of resistance

In the debut issue of Mastermind, the visionary designer Nicolas Ghesquière reflects on his journey from provincial France to the peak of global fashion, and master photographer Steven Meisel delves into his archives to curate a visual love letter to New York. The great Isabelle Huppert breaks down generational barriers, and we search for utopia through the lens of architects Riccardo Bofill and Sou Fujimoto.