The new movie about the Torture Report has to take on people who still wield enormous influence.

How two of this year’s most critically acclaimed movies critique capitalism

The company’s white-collar employees can donate to a fund to help restaurant workers. Why not just pay higher salaries?

A new essay collection shows his opposition to Cold War politics in literature.

Why Margaret Atwood’s sequel lacks the power of "The Handmaid’s Tale"

His new novel, “Find Me,” resists picking up where “Call Me by Your Name” left off.

The beloved cartoonist’s new book isn’t about making you into an artist—it’s about reminding you that you already are one.

How a relentless speedup is reshaping the working class

A new book details what happens to a community after an immigration raid.

Noah Baumbach’s latest film portrays both sides of a messy divorce, for once.

Cubicles and mysteries abound in Hiroko Oyamada’s debut.

The absence of Native perspectives in American history books and classrooms has been remarked on for over 50 years. Will it ever change?

The reality show’s new season requires complete immersion.

Marielle Heller's film fails to understand its subject—the venerable Mister Rogers—but it still might make you cry.

The Netflix show portrays the awkward dance between ceremony and democracy.

The op-ed and book from a mysterious Trump administration official bear a striking resemblance to a former Pentagon aide's memoir.

Why Meghan Daum, Bret Easton Ellis, and Wesley Yang reject social justice movements on the left

The Amazon show is a plea to set democracy aside and let national security experts run the world.

The stories we tell about crime too often prop up fantasies about law enforcement and justice.

A new documentary trains a lens on the abuses and lies of legendary yogi Bikram Choudhury.