List of Culture articles
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Chinese bachelor Zhou poses with Huskies. What Happens to China’s Surplus Men?
The one-child policy’s gender imbalance has spawned desperate bachelors, dubious gurus, and a rising manosphere.
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A young girl is flanked by two women, all with serious faces. A Kaleidoscopic Portrait of Women in Taiwan
“Left-Handed Girl,” Taiwan’s Oscar hopeful, offers a multifaceted view of women learning to live beyond shame.
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A man in a blood-stained shirt stands in the middle of an orchard of young trees, looking right into the camera with a distraught expression. A Jekyll and Hyde for the Manosphere
“The Things You Kill” explores the pitfalls of masculinity in modern-day Turkey.
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A grid of 10 books atop a watery textured background Two Unsettling Voyages Across the Sea
Plus, more international fiction releases in December.
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Grid of colors and gifts for 2025 gift guide FP’s 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
Treats and treasures from around the world.
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A group of troops holding guns stand at attention on a rocky shore, facing out at the sea at dusk. The TV Show That Divided Taiwan
Even imagining a potential Chinese invasion of the island has become a political act.
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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.
