What’s clear about the book is Kurata’s intimate knowledge of Middle Eastern mores and customs, having lived and worked in ...

Gamerman delves into these issues, and the often-colorful characters driving the story. There’s Jarrett and his dutiful ...

Movies that are direct follow-ups in a series of otherwise self-contained films take a risk. There’s the potential for bigger payoffs and bigger disappointments. Mission: Impossible - The Final ...

Cheating is a worldwide phenomenon, and is a challenge even here in the United States, but in Asia it has reached near-crisis levels. Last year, riots broke out when teachers at a school in Zhongxiang ...

With that simple phrase, Jack London bound his legacy forever to boxing’s perennial expression of white resentment, the ...

Despite her insecurities, her friend Félix (Pablo Pauly) convinces her to leave France and accept a literary residency in England offered by Austen’s descendants. It doesn’t take much deduction to ...

When I first met Kristoffer Polaha, it was 2003 and he thought he was going to be one of the biggest stars in the world. I know this not because the then 20-something actor wore the guise of a big ...

In a summer devoid of horror films, audiences craving a scare could watch Bodies Bodies Bodies. Directed by Dutch filmmaker Halina Reign, the film follows a group of 20-something friends who throw a ...

Disney’s multi-billion-dollar empire rests largely in the hands of 11 fairytale princesses. We all know their stories. We all have a favorite. For nearly eight decades, these young royals have ...

When Kurt Cobain put a bullet to his head – 20 years ago, as of this past April – he scrawled a now-infamous lyric from the Neil Young song “Hey Hey, My My” in the suicide note he left behind: “It’s ...

As the child of Chinese immigrants, journalist Ben Fong-Torres knew all too well the cruelty of racism. Anti-Chinese sentiment grew in America when China entered the Korean War as an ally to North ...

--Reporting from the Thai/Myanmar border: The ongoing war in Myanmar has endured for over 70 years, with the country's 135 ethnic minority groups bearing the brunt of military repression. This has ...