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"Couture," starring Angelina Jolie as a movie director, treats the Paris fashion world as a backdrop for medical and domestic crises.

During a historic heat wave, air-conditioning has become the linchpin of an intensifying political debate in France.

Most romantic reality shows would have us believe that dating is about getting married, or simply being chosen. "Love Island" knows better.

In rich, melancholy new films from the directors Carla Simón and Mark Jenkin, the restorative power of cinema turns out to be a shore thing.

What to do this week, in New York City and beyond.

The artist's new museum, Dataland, is a joyful monument to A.I. Is he a visionary, or Silicon Valley's court painter?

From the daily newsletter: the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer on a few of her favorite works.

How Anthropic's new tool, Claude Design, is creating overnight web-design clichés.

The photographer Mark Power lavishes formal attention on industrial machinery and, by extension, on the human effort behind it.

Kiss unwanted algae goodbye!