Norman Mailer’s generation learned to “write like men.” But their female contemporaries from Mary McCarthy to Diana Trilling pioneered a more enduring style.

“Blue Ruin” is a sharp novel about art, authenticity, success, and disaster.

Vinson Cunningham’s novel “Great Expectations” tracks the ambitions and ideals of a young campaign staffer.

From looted artifacts to rogue employees, a series of crises have beset some of the world’s most visited collections.

The case of Anna O. showed that psychoanalysis worked. Did Freud tamper with it?

The American public is more susceptible than ever to skewed narratives.

Catherine Breillat’s provocative new film is like a watercolor dabbed with cyanide.

A new book argues that worship of the Constitution has distorted our politics.

Annie Baker’s first film gives her characters plentiful epiphanies and an unwillingness to change.

Lucy Grealy’s 1994 bestseller has become part of a larger story of literary friendship and the boundaries between artists and their work.

Sure, “The Sopranos” is art, but “Real Housewives”?

The prequel inherited the “Games of Thrones” empire—but doesn’t know quite what to do with it.

Legacy Russell traces America’s reliance on—and profit from—Black imagery, from the 1910s to the Dancing Baby meme.

Historian Manisha Sinha argues that the Second Republic lasted decades longer than most histories state and achieved wider gains.

Why does fiction do such a bad job of portraying fat characters?

“Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” is an enduring work—just not of history.

The 15-minute city proposed to shorten commutes and increase convenience. Why has it proven so divisive?

When streamers “dump” whole seasons instead of releasing weekly, they strip away some of TV’s most reliable pleasures.

How a spoof conspiracy theory became a perfect study of how misinformation spreads

The neo-noir starring Glen Powell is a departure for Richard Linklater.