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A book by the famous British historian was not published in Russia because the Moscow publisher discovered too many errors and misrepresentations—not, as Figes suggested, for political reasons.

The recently discovered photographs of Vivian Maier are tantalizing works of artistry and ambition.

Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colors, Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior

For Albert Cossery, the world is split between those who respect a cause and those who don’t give a tinker's damn.

Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator; Emad Brunat and Guy Davidi’s 5 Broken Cameras

A postwar German novelist’s complicated legacy.

Satantango will devour you, you and everything you know.

In The Conflict, the French intellectual takes American mothering to task.