Tim Burton Says AI Has Made Him Appreciate the “Tactile Nature” of Film

‘Pride and Prejudice’ Returns; the Best Tweets of the Midterms; the “Junkyard Dogs” Era of Trump

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November 8, 2026

I’m hard-pressed to think of a director who parents are more excited to introduce their kids to than Tim Burton. In elementary school, it’s Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and Nightmare Before Christmas; tweens get Beetlejuice and Corpse Bride; by high school you’re getting nuts with Batman, and that first holiday home from college it’s time for Big Fish. There’s a cross-generational appeal that few other filmmakers can manage, though many have tried. Maybe it’s easy for Burton because, as he tells Vanity Fair’s José Criales-Unzueta, “It’s always important to make something that I really, really feel.” Sometimes that’s a movie, sometimes that’s an album cover, and in this case he’s here to discuss a capsule collection collab with Loewe. What’s he up to next? There’s an easy way to find out. In between Burton’s 1994 release Ed Wood and his 1996 film Mars Attacks!, the world saw another cultural touchpoint: BBC1’s wet-shirted adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, which arguably kicked off our present-day fascination with Jane Austen. The 213-year-old romance between Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy is back again, Hillary Busis reports, this time as a series on Netflix starring Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden. Come through for the scoop on how showrunner Dolly Alderton kept the familiar text fresh, as well as the first images from the show.

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FASHION   Tim Burton Says AI Has Made Him Appreciate the Human Side and “Tactile Nature” of Film   By José Criales-Unzueta   The iconoclast filmmaker tells VF about his new capsule collection with Loewe, revisiting The Nightmare Before Christmas, working with A$AP Rocky, and whether he’d make a live-action Corpse Bride film. Read more

EXCLUSIVE   Pride and Prejudice Returns: Inside Netflix’s Fresh Take on Jane Austen’s Classic   By Hillary Busis   Showrunner Dolly Alderton on Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden, the surprising ease of adapting Austen for Netflix, and the stealth hero of her series: “I really felt I’d like justice for Mrs. Bennet.” Read more

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EYE OF THE HURRICANE   When Susie Wiles Ran the White House: The “Junkyard Dogs” Era   By Chris Whipple   Throughout the first year of Donald Trump’s second administration, Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple has interviewed Wiles amid each moment of crisis. This insider’s account joins a portfolio of portraits for an unflinching, up-close look at power—and peril. Read more

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