List of Culture articles
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A black and white film still of people walking in the street in Paris in the 1960s. The French New Wave Is Still New
Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” shows how we’re still catching our breath from “Breathless.”
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A bearded man in a suit at a lectern in front of patriotic bunting. Who the Hell Is James Garfield?
Netflix’s “Death by Lightning” is a reminder that heroic individuals can emerge in trying hours.
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A grid of 12 book covers with 10 smaller and two larger. A Pair of Haunting New Scandinavian Novels
Plus, more international fiction releases.
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A group of people stand arm in arm and sing joyfully. They hold flags that read "No" decorated with a rainbow. How Chile Was Persuaded to Vote ‘No’ to Dictatorship
Revisiting Pablo Larraín’s feature film about the advertising campaign that sent Pinochet packing.
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Climate-change-fiction-recommendations-homepage2 5 Novelists on Their Favorite Climate Fiction
Sometimes, literature meets the moment better than diplomacy.
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An illustration shows a pyramid of tomatoes at a market with a woman at left and a shouting man with hands to his face at right. behind them is a street scene with pyramids in the distance. The Surprising History of Egypt’s ‘Crazy Tomatoes’
How an ordinary ingredient became a symbol of collective complaint.
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Three book covers. The Forgotten Visionary of U.S. War in Latin America
Lucius Shepard’s hallucinogenic stories anticipated Trump’s war fantasies.
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A man in a dimly lit, gothic laboratory stands gazing up at a large, mechanical contraption resembling a crucifix with a human figure attached. Del Toro’s Netflix ‘Frankenstein’ Feels Like a Classic
The Mexican director has finally made the movie he’s dreamed about since childhood.
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Two men pose in front of a brown sculpture of a headless Mao Zedong kneeling with one hand over his heart. The man on the left holds the sculpted severed head of Mao. The man on the right leans against the statue’s base and smokes a cigarette. China Is Stamping Out Dissident Art
Curators, painters, and performers are facing jail or exile.
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A tight shot of a a Labubu character's face. Plush Power
How Labubu dolls became China’s first contemporary cultural export.
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Two people dressed in military gear in the cockpit of an airplane, flying above cloud cover. ‘A House of Dynamite’ Isn’t Explosive Enough
Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller is terrifying—but falls short of true provocation.
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Lips are suspended from a neon structure with a sign lit up to read "Riyadh Comedy Festival" above it as three women in black gowns sit nearby on armchairs. What I Want the Comedians Who Went to Saudi Arabia to Know
There were only eight executions during the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
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Pete Seeger holds a guitar and stands at an array of microphones as he sings. People stand behind him listening and a man at left holds up a microphone. The Link Between Bad Bunny and Pete Seeger
Popular entertainers can deliver symbolic blows in dangerous times.
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A grid of 12 fiction book covers released in October 2025. The Novels We’re Reading in October
Historical fiction set in ancient Britain and 20th-century Puerto Rico.
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A woman in a red face mask and a coat over a red hoodie stands on a sidewalk, holding a laptop and speaking on her phone. Cars drive past behind her, with a suitcase and an international airport visible in the background. Putin vs. the Press
You’d have to be fearless or a fanatic to persist in journalism in Russia. These women are both.
