Centuries of history fed into Putin’s disastrous decision to go to war.

What do politicos turned authors know that we don’t?

Just not in the way you might think.

Amis trusted you to keep pace with his wit, his bawdiness, his erudition. His work seems to say: You and me—we get it.

Danish design was a product of postwar social democracy.

The show’s final episodes reject the cynicism and exhaustion of our moment.

The battle for power and influence in the nation’s capital is more shameless, desperate, and embarrassing than ever.

Paul Schrader’s portrait of an ex–white supremacist gang member is an unlikely feat of optimism.

Jess Row’s novel explores the aftermath of a young activist’s death.

Chicago economists had free rein in Chile. The country is still recovering.

Stories from the last strike can’t explain the current action. Nor should they necessarily give us comfort.

Why memoirs of sickness and elusive diagnosis increasingly read like detective stories

A new history should show how closely civilization and the environment are linked—and urge us to respond to today’s crisis.

The new Peacock series is a testament to human originality.

The Amazon Prime show starring Rachel Weisz is oddly suspicious of new technology in reproductive health.

Separating the artist from the art is not the hard part.

Outbreaks of disease may have had a greater effect on the course of events than the actions and plans of humans.

The decline in his fiction over his lifetime was understandable. The mystery is why his worst journalism ever received such lavish praise.

Cristian Mungiu’s “R.M.N.” zooms in on the resentments and anxieties roiling Europe.

“The Wager” is a story of resentment, insurrection, and a battle over the truth. Sound familiar?