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Sam Esmail

  1. endings
    Unpacking the Friends References in Leave the World BehindThe one where we make sense of what Friends means to this apocalyptic thriller.
    By Jen Chaney
  2. movie review
    Leave the World Behind Doesn’t Know What to Do With the ApocalypseSam Esmail’s thriller takes a lot of liberties with Rumaan Alam’s novel, but its changes are all for the worse.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  3. a long talk
    Sam Esmail Didn’t Mean for Leave the World Behind to Be So TimelyThe director on the script’s eerie synchronicity with current events and his evolving sense of how much information to give the audience.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  4. travel plans
    Sam Esmail’s Trip to Metropolis Got CanceledHis TV adaptation of the Fritz Lang movie has reportedly been permanently scrapped amid the writers’ strike.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  5. tv
    Sam Esmail Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, Develops Latest Series The American ThroneThe alt-history family drama is Esmail’s latest project under his overall deal with NBCUniversal.
    By Savannah Salazar
  6. celebrity babies
    Emmy Rossum and Sam Esmail Welcome Their First ChildSurprise!
    By Charu Sinha
  7. leave the world behind
    Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington to Reunite for New ThrillerIt’s an adaptation of Rumaan Alam’s highly anticipated new novel.
    By Rebecca Alter
  8. casting
    Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer to Star in Slow Burn Podcast TV AdaptationProduced by Sam Esmail and also including Sean Penn and Joel Edgerton.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  9. tv review
    A Show Called Briarpatch Shouldn’t Be This SlickThe new USA mystery crime series from Andy Greenwald and Sam Esmail boasts a proudly weird, stylish exterior that obscures a hollow center.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  10. q&a
    Will Mr. Robot Have a Happy Ending?Talking with showrunner Sam Esmail about paranoid thrillers, speculative fiction, and finishing up his USA drama.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  11. tv review
    Mr. Robot’s Final Season Brings a Unique Vision Into FocusSeason four of the cyberthriller is a virtuosic culmination of everything creator Sam Esmail has built to date.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  12. make it hong chau’s season!
    Julia Roberts and Her Homecoming Wigs Won’t Come Back for Season TwoYou can’t go home (coming) again.
    By Hunter Harris
  13. behind the scenes
    Homecoming: The 9 Hidden Details You Probably MissedWhat’s the deal with all those octagons?
    By Jackson McHenry
  14. the vulture transcript
    How Sam Esmail Directed the Hell Out of HomecomingAn in-depth conversation, and video commentary track, on the show’s visual style, music, set design, and aesthetic blueprint.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  15. overnights
    Homecoming Recap: Road TripAn unauthorized off-campus excursion helps kick the intrigue into high gear on both timelines, and finds a clever rhyme between them in the process.
    By Scott Tobias
  16. profile
    Stephan James Is a Face You Won’t Soon ForgetThe star of Homecoming and If Beale Street Could Talk is, quite literally, taking over screens this fall.
    By Gazelle Emami
  17. overnights
    Homecoming Recap: What A Soldier BelievesWalter’s loyalties are pulled in opposite directions as the fastidious order of the Homecoming program is disrupted.
    By Scott Tobias
  18. overnights
    Homecoming Premiere Recap: Down the Rabbit HoleThe podcast makes the jump to TV with a new cast and director, but the same paranoid ambience and puzzle-box narrative.
    By Scott Tobias
  19. tv review
    Homecoming Is Must-See Mystery-Box TVJulia Roberts stars in your next Reddit-thread-inspiring TV addiction.
    By Jen Chaney
  20. trailer mix
    Homecoming Trailer: Julia Roberts Gets a Wig and a Spooky TV MysteryDirected by the creator of Mr. Robot.
    By Jackson McHenry
  21. coming to an end
    Mr. Robot to Go Offline After Season 4Or is that just what the deep state wants you to think?
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  22. Julia Roberts Might Lead Mr. Robot Creator’s HomecomingThe project is based on the popular Gimlet Media podcast of the same name.
    By Hunter Harris
  23. Mr. Robot Season 3 Promises More B.D. Wong’s Whiterose and Bobby CannavaleThe series returns for season 3 in October.
    By Tolly Wright
  24. the tv industry
    Mr. Robot’s Sam Esmail Bringing Metropolis Adaptation to TVFritz Lang alert!
    By Devon Ivie
  25. post-election mourning
    Sam Esmail ‘Leaks’ a Mr. Robot Script PageElliot is coping with the election outcome.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  26. chat room
    Emmy Rossum on Her Shameless Directorial Debut “It’s like the first time I ever saw myself onscreen, just in a different way.”
    By Dee Lockett
  27. the vulture tv podcast
    Mr. Robot Creator Sam Esmail on How He Handles Criticism of the Show“Everyone was bummed out [when people figured out the twist] because we were still shooting and everybody on set was like, Oh shit, this is fucked up.”
    By Jen Chaney, Gazelle Emami, and Matt Zoller Seitz
  28. tv review
    In Season Two, Mr. Robot’s Biggest Weakness Is Trying to Be Too CleverAm I up or down on Mr. Robot? Neither.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  29. twists
    Mr. Robot’s Big Reveal Took Way Too Long to ArriveThe wait felt unnecessary.
    By Abraham Riesman
  30. anatomy of a scene
    How Sam Esmail Directs the Cast of Mr. Robot“Somebody asked me what it’s like to work with [Sam Esmail] and I said, ‘It’s fucking depressing.’”
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  31. inevitable comparisons
    How Sam Esmail’s Comet Foreshadows Mr. RobotIn many ways, Comet establishes a partial blueprint for what would become Mr. Robot.
    By Jen Chaney
  32. tv review
    Mr. Robot’s Second Season Goes Deeper Into Its Hero’s PsycheRiveting, sinister fun.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  33. diversity
    Absurd Tales From Hollywood’s Diversity BattlesFrom the Times’ long look at Hollywood’s peculiar inclusionary efforts.
    By Nate Jones
  34. tca 2016
    Mr. Robot Season Two Will Start to Clarify a Few Things“The timeline is going to get a little clearer. Not 100 percent clearer, because what’s the fun in that?”
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  35. mr. robot
    Sam Esmail to Direct All of Mr. Robot Season 2This is going to be so intense.
    By Jackson McHenry
  36. party chat
    Mr. Robot’s Rami Malek Teases Season 2“It’s going to require a lot of energy.”
    By Kat Ward
  37. party chats
    Sam Esmail Was on Ashley Madison for ‘Research’Also, an Elliot-Angela romance could happen next season.
    By Adrienne Gaffney
  38. nycc 2015
    7 Things We Learned from Mr. Robot’s NYCC Panel“You guys did get pretty close.”
    By Matthew Giles
  39. finales
    Mr. Robot Creator on His Plans for Season TwoChristian Slater isn’t going anywhere.
    By Matthew Giles
  40. the industry
    How Did a Show Like Mr. Robot End Up on USA?It’s off-brand for the network, and that is exactly the point.
    By Josef Adalian
  41. backstories
    Mr. Robot Composer on Elliot’s Personal Song“It will land on the major note, and then the minor note.”
    By Matthew Giles
  42. influences
    Taxi Driver, Girls, and 7 Other Big Influences on Mr. Robot“There’ll be a little bit of a nod to Dr. Strangelove in the season finale that people can look out for.”
    By Matthew Giles