Ava DuVernay's sharp, cinematic series boasts a fantastic cast that gets lost in rushed and truncated storytelling

The Magnetic Fields frontman caused a ruckus with "infuriating" critiques of novels by Roxane Gay and Anthony Doerr

Andrew Neiderman on becoming the ghostwriter for V.C. Andrews, who created her own genre of horror, love & tragedy

Kate Bishop is the first aspiring superhero whose clothes — cozy yet practical — I've actively coveted

From the pile-on of dramatic events, to no processing time, to disconnected music — what is going on in Wellsbury?

If you're expecting "The Thorn Birds" with a dinosaur, you'll be disappointed

"Lord of the Rings" was a bromance. The prequel has that rarest of relationships: girls being good for each other

A new study comes closer to figuring out why men die more often from viral infections

From Roxane Gay on Lindsay Hunter to Knausgaard on Donald Antrim, authors share the books they loved most this year

In season 2, the Netflix series treats viewers to new rivals, new challenges and a very distracted Coach Monica

The Netflix show about a conwoman also spins a fraudulent idea of what a journalist is like

Laura van den Berg's debut novel "Find Me" is earning deserved comparisons to Margaret Atwood and Kazuo Ishiguro

In the SF master's new post-post-apocalyptic epic, humanity is reduced to eight women after the moon explodes

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Guided by the video game's creator Neil Druckmann and "Chernobyl" maker Craig Mazin, this is a journey worth taking