Sonia Rao

Washington, D.C.

Features reporter

Education: Boston University, BS in journalism

Sonia Rao is a reporter for The Washington Post's Style section, focusing on film and television. She attended Boston University and wrote for the Boston Globe before joining The Post in 2017.
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Michael Rafidi’s swanky new spot, La’ Shukran, is a French-Levantine dream

Sink into a velvet booth. Grab a sesame baguette. You might never want to leave.

December 2, 2024
The menu at La’ Shukran makes it hard to choose between comforts.

Raoul Peck wants his documentaries to ‘make something shift in your brain’

The Haitian filmmaker’s “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found” draws parallels between apartheid South Africa, segregation in the United States and the modern world.

November 25, 2024
An image by South African photographer Ernest Cole that appears in the Raoul Peck documentary “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found.”

Why Sharon Horgan returned to ‘Bad Sisters’ after its perfect ending

The Emmy-nominated star and co-creator decided it would be “almost criminal” to deprive her characters of a second season.

November 15, 2024
Clockwise from left, Sarah Greene, Eve Hewson, Sharon Horgan, Eva Birthistle and Anne-Marie Duff in Season 2 of “Bad Sisters.” (Natalie Seery/Apple)

Steve McQueen made ‘Blitz’ to imagine war through a child’s eyes

The director illuminates his new World War II epic, focused on a boy’s fight to get back home amid the rubble of war-torn London.

November 12, 2024
Elliott Heffernan, who plays George, appears on the set of “Blitz” with McQueen. (Parisa Taghizadeh/Apple TV Plus)

Jon Batiste’s wild and crazy idea for his ‘Saturday Night’ score

The Oscar-winning composer channeled the sketch comedy show’s chaotic energy by crafting the music live.

October 10, 2024
Jon Batiste, who composed a score live for “Saturday Night,” appears in the film as musical guest Billy Preston.

Why ‘Love Is Blind’ swiped right on D.C.’s notoriously bleak dating scene

The Netflix reality show’s creator and head of casting tease what to expect from the upcoming seventh season.

October 1, 2024

‘Industry’ co-creators break down that wild Season 3 finale

Mickey Down and Konrad Kay talk about where the soapy drama needed to go after “we had written ourselves into a corner.”

September 29, 2024
Roger Barclay as Otto Mostyn and Myha'la as Harper Stern in “Industry.”

How Lupita Nyong’o became an empathetic humanoid for ‘The Wild Robot’

The actress went all out for her first lead role in an animated film, even testing her physical limits.

September 25, 2024
Lupita Nyong’o appears in early September at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Uzo Aduba looks past fame, and toward family, in ‘The Road Is Good’

The memoir by the Emmy-winning actress is a moving tribute to her late mother.

September 24, 2024

How the 2025 Oscars race could shape up, based on film festivals

The battle to win over Academy Awards voters played out at fancy parties and splashy premieres at international film festivals in Venice, Toronto and Telluride.

September 17, 2024
Actress Zoe Saldaña poses at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of “Emilia Pérez,” held Sept. 9. (Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images)