Helen Scott

  • 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. May 6, 2008