John Banville's detective noir takes a Philip Marlowe turn. Is one of our greatest novelists just genre-slumming?

The retro morality of Cruel Intentions makes for a pleasurably nasty update of Dangerous Liaisons.

Horror films have a message for newly expectant parents: embrace it or reject it. There's no middle ground

Hollywood is more phobic than ever about interracial love, but now it's blacks who are putting on the brakes.

Reassessing the weird sexual politics of Hughes' classic teen comedies

While Israeli anti-miscegenation groups threaten Arabs for relationships with Jews, books are banned in school

Historian Victoria Wolcott on how "freedom dreams" fueled the civil rights movement — and why we need them now

Indie roundup: All the women you'll ever boff -- revealed! Plus a creepy French tale of poolside teen lust and a great love story from Mongolia.

With his private jets and trophy wives, the Donald is straight out of central casting -- and we can't look away

16-year-old Lou Wegner started Kids Against Animal Cruelty at 14, which has helped 20,000 pets escape euthanasia

Whether it was murder or suicide, the grim spectacle of a Mississippi teen's death shows that interracial dating is still taboo -- in the minds of blacks as well as whites.

Amazon Prime Video’s first YA series is a bold, empathetic entry in the dystopian genre

Joyce Carol Oates dives deep into an icon and comes up with a masterpiece.

Elizabeth Strout, author of "Amy and Isabelle," talks about teen-age sexuality and the intense relationship between mothers and daughters.

The "Killers of the Flower Moon" star's comments reveal how Indidgenous people's views on gender can be more fluid