Helen Scott In the new film The King's Speech, Britain's monarch overcomes a debilitating speech impediment--in order to declare war.
January 12, 2011 In a novel that's at least partly about political alternatives, it's striking that Jonathan Franzen's new book is so limited in the views it puts forward.
October 14, 2010 Ninety years after her death, Rosa Luxemburg's life is the subject of an online exhibition that documents the achievements of this great revolutionary.
June 4, 2009 After six wonderful years, it's hard to say goodbye to Battlestar Galactica. But did the finale measure up to what came before?
April 9, 2009 Ever since Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, vampire stories have exerted a fascination, but the long list of contemporary versions is remarkable.
March 19, 2009 Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger tells the story of "two Indias"--the world of the rich and the world of the poor.
November 26, 2008 With its obsessive attention to detail, the TV show Mad Men recreates the chilling world of the early 1960s office workplace.
October 23, 2008 On paper, The Other Boleyn Girl had everything going for it: stellar cast, fine director, gorgeous sets, juicy story. So how did it manage to be so dull?
September 4, 2008 The poet, playwright and revolutionary Aimé Césaire died after a life spent participating in some of the 20th century's most important moments.
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