List of Culture articles
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A scene from One Last Monster. Gene Kim Film ‘One Last Monster’ Is a Loving, Messy Parable Rooted in Korean History
A charming animation turns turtle ships into giant monsters.
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German infantrymen folllow a tank toward Moscow in the snow in, 1941 during Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. The image was published in. Signal, a magazine published by the German Third Reich. Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images Panzers, Beans, and Bullets
This wargame explains how Russia really stopped Hitler.
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A Femen protester holds a placard reading "The Future is Feminist" at a demonstration in Paris on March 7. Aux Armes, Citoyen·nes!
Gender-neutral terms have sparked an explosive battle over the future of the French language.
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Palestinians in Gaza lift a banner protesting the killing of Eyad al-Hallaq and George Floyd. How Israel Lost the Culture War
Defending the colonial project of occupation won’t work in a world where racial justice has gone mainstream.
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Former U.S. President George W. Bush paints. George W. Bush’s Newest Portraits Are Political
The amateur painter still shows an eye for spin.
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iran-zarif-bolivia Iran’s Hard-Liners Are Using a TV Thriller to Undermine Their Rivals
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked spy drama “Gando” is designed to discredit moderate politicians before the June election.
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A mujra dancer on stage in Pakistan. ‘Showgirls of Pakistan’ Doesn’t Need Your Victim Narrative
In a new documentary about mujra dancers, Saad Khan escapes the Western documentary complex to give his subjects the chance to speak in their own words.
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A still from Pacific Rim: The Black. Small Stories in an Age of Giant Monsters
The new Netflix show “Pacific Rim: The Black” finally lives up to the franchise’s internationalist potential.
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Everydays: The First 5000 Days by Beeple It’s a $69 Million JPEG, but Is It Art?
Cryptocurrency and high art are cooking up magic beans together with nonfungible tokens.
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People visit the Bund in Shanghai Seeking Truth From Fiction
The provocative short stories in “Land of Big Numbers” offer a window into ordinary life in China with rich material from a reporter’s notebook.
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A photo from the film Quo Vadis, Aida? Oscar-Shortlisted Film Puts Bosnian Genocide on Silver Screen
“Quo Vadis, Aida?” could do for the Srebrenica massacre what “Schindler’s List” accomplished for the Holocaust.
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Director Terry George talks to Rwandan President Paul Kagame Paul Kagame Celebrated ‘Hotel Rwanda’—Until Its Hero Criticized Him
Rwanda’s president once welcomed the Hollywood film. His recent attacks on the movie and its protagonist show that his government cannot handle dissent.
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A man browses jewelry through the window of a shop at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran on Feb. 12, 2020. Prince of Persia
Tehran is cracking down on elite troublemakers—one influencer at a time.
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Yeliz Guzel practices her musical instrument, the baglama—a kind of lute, in her one-room apartment in Mersin, Turkey, on Nov. 23, 2020. Singing for Inclusivity in Turkey
Yeliz Guzel’s pride choir brought LGBTQ Turks together—but left her ostracized.
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Paul Rusesabagina (C) is escorted by police officers at the Kicukiro Primary court in Kigali, Rwanda, on Sept.14, 2020. When It Comes to Rwanda, Don’t Believe Everything You See in the Movies
Many Rwandans regard the protagonist of a Hollywood film as a terrorist, not a hero.
