Through 13 roles and 13 manifestos, Blanchett and director Julian Rosefeldt examine the relationship between life, art, and politics.

Lauren Elkin's new book "Flâneuse" takes a meandering look at the history of women in the city.

The soap vendor plumbs new depths of absurdity with its “feminist” branding.

"RISK," a new documentary from Laura Poitras, follows the WikiLeaks founder for six tumultuous years.

Minae Mizumura's "Inheritance From Mother" takes on aging, family, and Japan's complicated relationship with the West.

A new show at the Met honors the Comme des Garçons visionary.

The sequel to the unlikely summer blockbuster is a self-consciously silly romp with a big emotional payoff.

Bernie Sanders’s recent abortion controversy has reinvigorated a debate over the role that women play on the left.

Jill Soloway’s new show explores the tangled lives of women in the desert.

Rakesh Satyal’s funny, big-hearted book is an interrogation of the possibilities of immigrant literature.

The film, inspired by Dave Eggers's novel, has a lot of things it wants to say about technology. But it hasn’t thought any of them through.

On the riots' 25th anniversary, two new documentaries underscore the role that the medium has played in our cultural memory.

A new book urges activists to avoid insularity and purism—and to focus on winning.

Starz's new production is a brilliant, despairing look at a fracturing national myth.

He's become too jaded and political to be the face of the movement.

The producers of the porn documentary have been accused of handling the identities of several performers with gross recklessness.