Director Olivier Assayas's bizarre but transfixing "Personal Shopper " is not something that lends itself to a simple description. Loosely, it's about a young artist, Maureen (Kristen Stewart),...

Do you ever wonder how celebrity gossip outlets uncover all that juicy info? How can media sources gain access and report on the private moments of Hollywood starlets? The job is a huge undertaking,...

Justin Townes Earle seems to have put away some of the demons that animated his earlier work. He's sober, newly married and about to become a father, and the songs he writes don't sound as...

What's the planet's most legendary marathon? Probably that fabled first one Pheidippides ran in 490 B.C., breathlessly proclaiming a great military victory before perishing from his effort. Next...

Much has been contributed to the cannon of first-person literature on anxiety and mental health disorders. But David Leite, a James Beard Award-winning food writer and cookbook author, offers a...

Think of "Americana," the first release of new material from former Kinks frontman Ray Davies in nine years, as a musical memoir of sorts. It's a welcome return for one of rock's signature voices and...

The Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo makes funny, fantastical, Frankenstein-like films that playfully combine small-scale with big-concept. His 2011 film "Extraterrestrial" is a romantic comedy...

When Beatrice Trovato's brother dies unexpectedly, the accomplished neurosurgeon takes a leave of absence to settle his affairs. Traveling to Siena proves a welcome distraction from the hustle and...

Relationships - whether marriage or friendship - have the power to enrich lives or destroy them. Some relationships do both as Michele Campbell shows in her riveting novel "It's Always the...

Once considered a giant of 19th century opera, Giacomo Meyerbeer has been relegated over the century to the second tier of composers, admired for his craftsmanship but faulted for lacking that...