We discuss "Dragonstone," the first episode in the seventh season of HBO’s fantasy series.

A new biography tells how the poet formed a taste for ambiguity and indirection.

How the divide between rich and poor has undermined the Constitution.

2008's "Burn After Reading" strikingly resembles the bumbling plot of Trump's Russia scandal, but also captures how amorality leads to treason.

The novels "Sex and Rage" and "Weetzie Bat" shine a light on the City of Angels.

How to tell the difference between liberalism and something else.

Luc Besson’s latest is a pyrotechnic extravaganza that is light on the human element.

"Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge" joins the ever-growing genre of movies celebrating scientists who have triumphed against prejudice.

On the author's 200th birthday, what "Walden" can teach us about our own time.

Osama Alomar's story collection "The Teeth of the Comb" looks at cruelty, compassion, and hope in the face of catastrophe.

David Lynch wanted to create a small-town Marilyn Monroe. He came up with Laura Palmer.

Trump's ascendance is no accident. He's the culmination of our epoch of unreality. What does that herald for the resistance?

Sylvia Brownrigg’s new novel follows up on an affair between two women, 20 years after their first encounter.

A new book attempts to portray the Shah of Iran as a frustrated democrat.

His new novel asks: What happens when everyday life is overloaded with political significance?

The crowd-sourced repository of internet slang is rife with racist and sexist content. But owner Aaron Peckham doesn't seem to care.

The spirit of wounded masculinity haunts America in 'A Ghost Story.'

Twenty years after its release, Cheryl Dunye's black lesbian masterpiece is as revealing as ever.