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A favorite film at the Toronto International Film Festival this year was by far M - Son of the Century directed by the talented UK filmmaker Joe Wright. It’s actually an Italian TV mini-series about the founder of fascism himself, Benito Mussolini.

The upcoming revision of U. S. Dietary Guidelines is unfolding amid a shifting global sentiment toward drinking. Members of Congress are calling for a suspension of a controversial committee that could recommend Americans reduce alcohol consumption.

The new FX TV show Say Nothing dramatizes one of the most controversial stories in modern Irish history, with characters that include former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams. Showrunner Josh Zetumer spoke to us about the challenges of producing the serie

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Poet Marie Howe shows us the frightening consequences of "what we did to the earth."

"Josh Hawley’s long-threatened tome about American masculinity is here," writes this reviewer. "Savor it with me."

In Payal Kapadia’s extraordinary film, three women in Mumbai search for connections amid the city’s vibrant and darkly alienating churn.

The turkey was semi-domesticated and kept in pens in the American Southwest some 2,000 years ago—but not for the reason you think.

A Man on the Inside is clearly meant to be a comedy, but it explores some harsh truths around aging in America and the importance of human connection.

In the shadow of 9/11, poet Ruben Quesada shows us the destructiveness and death that come with "progress."