Communicating with the dead hasn't always been about male bonding.

The new Netflix series aims to deliver something as simply pleasing as 'E.T.'

Mike Birbiglia directs this comedy about members of an improv troupe on the verge of making it big.

His new novel 'Heroes of the Frontier' turns a troubled mother into a questing hero.

Japan's country and culture is conflicted over cuteness.

While trifling, a bit meandering, and certainly a little repetitive, Woody Allen’s 46th film manages not to be a complete clunker.

The new HBO series from the creators of Eastbound and Down is a meditation on homosocial desire—with poop jokes.

Girl power in the age of the don’t-screw-it-up franchise reboot.

The eight-part miniseries keeps a tight focus on the perpetrator as protagonist.

The life of Roman poet Catullus was stranger than fiction, but a new biography speculates far more than any history should.

"Indian Point," a new documentary about the nuclear power plant in New York, raises unsettling questions about the safety of atomic energy.

Debunking one of the biggest stereotypes about women in the gaming community.

The Pixar formula may be a simple one, but Illumination Entertainment can’t seem to capture the same magic.

Nancy Isenberg's new book tells the story of a large and forgotten class of “waste people.”