An interview with historian Michael Kazin.

Can podcasts tell us more than stories of individual obsession?

This mythic figure is having a moment. But to adopt his point of view is to look for meaning around all the wrong corners.

This efficient, "Alien"-indebted sci-fi thriller makes the most out of some well-worn horror tropes.

It's not just that the comedian's Netflix specials are rife with homophobic and transphobic jokes. It's that the jokes are bad.

Infatuated by his own greatness, the former 'Commentary' editor's memoir reveals the price of success.

'Exit West' conjures a world where there are no barriers to movement.

When we assess the reputation of a great man, can we still prioritize the work over the life?

“Raw” is a toothsome morsel for horror-movie aficionados.

The editor of the 'New York Review of Books' championed the life of the mind.

How Lena Dunham defied expectations and remade TV.

Why we need critics to think about power and how it works.

“If you had to give rock n’ roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry,” John Lennon famously said.

In this sequel to the zeitgeist-y 1996 original, nostalgia proves as addictive—and toxic—as heroin.