Mary Queen of Scots in the Age of Brexit
Why is Hollywood so intent on using this period in British history as a blank canvas?
Why is Hollywood so intent on using this period in British history as a blank canvas?
How the writer’s stories and her memoir fashion a self from the same, revisited outlines
“1983” imagines a terrifying alternate reality, but ignores the real dangers that Poland faces today.
Alan Rusbridger’s account of his time at The Guardian illustrates the possibilities and limits of journalism in the digital era.
William Kentridge’s new performance piece uses various media to tell the story of the unsung conscripts of World War One.
Tavi Gevinson talks authenticity, digital publishing, and the pervasive creep of the lifestyle brand.
The streaming service desperately wants to win a Best Picture Oscar. But its foray into costly, artistic films is about more than just respect.
Her new novel "Those Who Knew" explores the prejudices, fears, and desires that are bound up with political impulses.
A new film from the director of ‘The Lives of Others’ strives for epic effect as it traces an artist’s development through the twentieth century.
Steve McQueen's crime caper is really a vehicle to explore grief, gender, race, and loneliness.
Edward Gorey’s lifelong experiments in the absurd and unsettling
Anna Burns's Booker-winning novel takes on teenage girlhood, sectarian violence, and history's nameless actors.
How monopolies have flourished—and undermined democracy
Recovering the profound divisions that led to the Civil War
Heike Geissler's 'Seasonal Associate' is a harrowing novel based on her stint in one of the tech giant's warehouses.
“If Beale Street Could Talk” indicts a world that makes love so difficult.
What the violent death of an American missionary on a far-flung island might say about the rest of us