Arts & Life

Pedro Almodóvar's wonderful, mature drama sees an aging director (Antonio Banderas) ruminating on his mortality while attempting to rouse himself into making another film.

In writer-director Kevin McMullin's skillful and efficient debut feature, teen burglars on the Jersey Shore discover a bag of gold coins, inciting a string of twists, turns and betrayals.

The author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had long been investigating the death of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme. Journalist Jan Stocklassa convincingly and humbly picks up where he left off.

Confined in a tiny cell, Ahmet Altan recoils into his own thoughts; his talent as a writer allows him to communicate his experience in rich, haunting detail in I Will Never See the World Again.

Netflix seems to release so many music-related projects — but are they just another box to check on the road to eyeball monopolization?

T. Kingfisher's new novel, inspired by a classic horror tale, follows a woman who has to clean out her late grandmother's cluttered house — a seemingly simple task that quickly becomes sinister.

The MSNBC host's book compiles the most convincing research and journalism on the harm oil and gas have done to global democracy, and then weaves together a narrative of greed, power and corruption.

The late-night host says that hosting a podcast allows him to "mind meld" with guests in a way he can't on TV: "I can sit down and we can just go down a deep, deep, deep well, and it's fascinating."