Ahmed Saadawi’s brilliant novel imagines a monster, pieced together from the dead of Iraq's civil war.

The tradition of conspiracy theories and hate groups behind the alt-right

The protagonist of Akwaeke Emezi's autofiction is a font of different voices, some of whom hail from the spirit world.

“We really do want to help," one House Republican said. "This has to stop.”

The generational shift that made tech companies a cultural and political force

Christina Hendricks plays a mother of four with money worries as she faces a moral dilemma.

Natalie Portman journeys into an strange substance known as the Shimmer—and stumbles on a new understanding of the human heart.

Can today’s liberals hope to match the achievements of LBJ’s presidency?

More art is being produced and sold than ever before, at ever higher prices.

Sandra Allen’s “A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise,” which incorporates a memoir of mental illness, is a breakthrough in meta-biographical writing.

The forgotten theory of dreams that inspired Vladimir Nabokov

Six writers discuss the so-called generational divide in the #MeToo movement

The varieties of individuality in “Feel Free”

FX’s “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” examines a lethal delusion.

How the Asian American athletes making history at the Olympics are being co-opted by pro-immigration voices

Across the continent, racist groups have used the war on terror to gain a new platform.

A new police procedural set in interwar Germany holds a warning for today’s audiences.

Clint Eastwood’s latest stars a trio of Americans who foiled an attack on a train—playing themselves.

The superhero movie matches stunning special effects with vital political ideas.