"A Tokyo Romance" (Penguin Press), by Ian Buruma At a time when there still weren't a lot of foreigners in Japan, Ian Buruma moved to Tokyo to immerse himself in the esoteric world of avant-garde...

Ramona Isbell is worried. What will people say when they find out? After all, she mostly kept her secret for more than 50 years. The practices. The out-of-town — and out-of-country —...

Watching the Israeli film "Foxtrot" is like watching a dream play out. Writer-director Samuel Maoz's ("Lebanon") excellent film is of course more structured than the average dream (or nightmare),...

"Rosie Colored Glasses: a Novel" (Mira), by Brianna Wolfson Rex has no desire to twirl with Rosie through an antique shop, and Rosie isn't the type to stay in bed on Sunday mornings. For now,...

"The Hush: a Novel" (St. Martin's Press), by John Hart Series, or sequels to a novel, work because the stories have a continuity that invests the reader in the characters' next adventures....

Storm Reid tried to play it cool when Ava DuVernay told her she'd gotten the lead role in Disney's "A Wrinkle in Time," but it wasn't long before the tears started flowing. "I flipped out," says...

The Academy Awards seem like formality when it comes to the best supporting actress category this year. Since the world devoured Allison Janney's brilliantly acidic performance as Tonya Harding's...

"Movie Nights with the Reagans: A Memoir" (Simon & Schuster), by Mark Weinberg The Aspen Movie Club may well have been the most exclusive gathering of its kind. Most weekend nights in the...

Producers of the Netflix drama "The Crown" apologized Tuesday to actors Claire Foy and Matt Smith over the revelation that Foy was paid less than her male co-star. A producer disclosed last week...

Steven M. Demorest, Northwestern University (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Steven M. Demorest,...