Why the ideal of neutrality in journalism pushes discourse to the right

The Netflix show with Gwyneth Paltrow conjures a fantasy of living without friction or anguish.

What is George Packer so afraid of?

For the characters in Miranda Popkey’s debut, opening up doesn’t always bring relief.

Paolo Sorrentino’s new HBO show plays a variation on the decadence of “The Young Pope.”

"Like a Boss" inadvertently lays bare some unfunny truths about hashtag-empowerment.

Alex Gibney’s new documentary about Mikhail Khodorkovsky presents a complex picture of a dissident.

How do you let others influence you while retaining your own ideas? Four literary critics tried to find out.

Eastman was a women’s suffragist, labor reformer, and founder of the ACLU, but her work never quite took center stage.

A new biography—and a reissued collection of short fiction—resurrects a writer who deserves a closer look.

Ada Calhoun diagnoses the forgotten generation's fortysomething crisis.

A new book explains how finance took over the U.S. economy, disempowered workers, and undermined democracy.

Greta Gerwig’s new film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel is a triumph of Jo-ness.

Tom Hooper's film is as absurd as the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, but at least it's given us something new to talk about.

The young Canadian poet understands better than most of her contemporaries how future generations will read.

Clint Eastwood turns the saga of the Atlanta bombing suspect into a cautionary tale for an already paranoid age.

When the women of Fox News rise up against Roger Ailes, who are they fighting for?

Family Record purports to be the story of the French writer's life—but that story remains as elusive as ever.

The great novels of the 1960s remain enjoyable because they got everything wrong.

The new movie about the Torture Report has to take on people who still wield enormous influence.