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Tár just picked up six Academy Award nominations, yet hardly anyone has seen it. Luckily, we have; here's everything you need to know about this Oscar contender.

PARK CITY, Utah — Late into "Cat Person," the much-buzzed-about new movie adapted from Kristen Roupenian's 2017 short story of the same title, an ugly one-word text message appears in startling, screen-filling closeup. You'll know what the word is if you've read the story, and there's a decent chance you…

How a humble bag became a humble brag

The internet engineer and entrepreneur Brewster Kahle took a shot at the book publishing industry a few weeks ago by pointing out something well-known to technologists but unappreciated by the general public: that ebooks and other digital artifacts have shorter lifespans than the physical items.

Hotel kitchens have long been the home of culinary innovations. Here are a few of the dishes and ideas that were so good guests couldn’t resist them. Little wonder they’ve gone global

A mystery novel inspired by The Teacher's Pet, a WWI story featuring Miles Franklin, and the overdue biography of a celebrated Australian writer are in our top reads this month.

The Addams Family began in 1938 as a series of wry cartoon panels from Charles Addams for The New Yorker magazine. Then came the black-and-white 1960s sitcom with its iconic theme song (snap, snap). Then came the movie adaptations, because Hollywood loves nothing more than repurposing intellectual property over and…

The battle of the Christmas Queens has commenced but Carey is out of the race after a legal challenge

Already a comedian, actor, writer, musician and novelist, Steve Martin is now mastering a new art form