A new restoration of Andrei Tarkovksy’s 1979 classic functions as a contemporary parable of environmental politics.

Trump's new FCC chair, Ajit Pai, is on a mission to end net neutrality.

A captivating drama about sex workers in 18th-century London explores how women find freedom.

The prestige that psychoanalysis gained in the midcentury was also its downfall.

The senator from Minnesota is the rare politician with a funny bone.

A new Brooklyn Museum exhibition about black female artists offers a blueprint for the future of feminism.

The story of Fitzgerald as a victim of his own success has been greatly exaggerated.

Rachel Kadish’s "The Weight of Ink" is like A.S. Byatt's "Possession," but with more seventeenth-century Judaism.

The writer focused his talent on illuminating those the country left behind.

Publishers fear that Amazon is trying to dominate brick-and-mortar retail. They needn't worry.

The unlikely rise—and anti-democratic impulses—of seasteading.

A personal, historical, and comparative consideration of using public money to support the humanities.

John T. Edge's "The Potlikker Papers" looks at multiculturalism, conflict, and civil rights in the American South—all through the history of the region's food.

The critic's new essay collection appears early in Trump's presidency, armed with purpose and reason.

The death of Chris Cornell and the 25th anniversary of the movie "Singles" bring a musical era into focus.

The state of our teeth reveals—and reinforces—economic disadvantage in society.

A new book looks at the triumphs and challenges of the renegade housing movement.