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Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, Derek Cinfrance’s The Place Beyond the Pines, Brian Helgeland’s 42

FDR, Fiorello La Guardia and rebuilding New York City during the New Deal.

Is it possible to create an intellectually aware, politically honest image?

How an architecture critic made New York City her touchstone for discussions of public space.

The New Museum tries to explain why the city's art scene changed in 1993.

No one dies for poetry anymore, not even in Russia. Enter the oligarchs, who steer clear of Putin’s ire by sponsoring literary prizes.

Afflicted with a mental disorder, Carrie Mathison is an unlikely American hero, and seems a bad bet besides.

Slut-shaming, name-calling and no respect: welcome to life in literary America for a 21st century female author.

How did a man who got so many things wrong become an intellectual celebrity in his own lifetime?