On Allison Benedikt, Lorin Stein, and the perils of extracting universal principles from fairytale endings

A new biopic of Tonya Harding is both helped and hindered by the Shakespearean stakes of its real-life plot.

Can the museum tell a new story about art—and reshape the Gulf's image?

The U.S. funeral industry is the most expensive and corporate in the world. Can Americans find a better way to grieve?

Britain's former foreign secretary is devoted to humanitarian advocacy in a world where “the autocrats look strategic.”

Why policymakers calculate the cost of life and death, sickness and health

A new retrospective at the Met struggles against its claustrophobic setting, but ultimately triumphs.

"The Disaster Artist" is a movie about an aspiring actor's blindspots and failures.

The New York Times's profile of Tony Hovator shows how rhetoric is fascism's real battleground.

A new film documents the history of the world's leading all-male dance troupe across four decades.

America came close to legalizing marijuana in the 1970s. What went wrong?

A new Netflix documentary offers a ground-level look at the crisis engulfing one West Virginia town—through the eyes of the women working to save it.

Why did San Francisco authorities turn against Inez Brown Burns and her clinic in the 1940s?

The idea that a few brilliant men ushered in the era of prestige TV is both inaccurate and damaging.

Anne Applebaum's new book tells of an atrocity and cover-up that shape today's politics.

How L. Ron Hubbard and Robert Heinlein influenced a murderous cult.

The troubled rise of the technocrat

Now in its sixth season, the series has become a fascinating document of the creative mind at work.

The campaign for workplace justice has made stunning strides in a matter of weeks. But at what cost for gender politics?

The company has issued new guidelines and removed verifications for white supremacists. But it's unclear whether it can change its culture.