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The late British photographer was drawn to outsider subcultures, among them the working-class youths known as Teds.

With his new book, "The Journal of a Prisoner," the former French President seeks to place himself in the company of Alfred Dreyfus and Jesus Christ.

Nineties teen counterculture, a trip to Universal Studios, and the modern American dream of perpetual childhood.

The poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi talks with Kevin Young, The New Yorker's poetry editor, about their newest collection, "The New Economy," and poetry's role in addressing grief.

The narrative of boom and bust is familiar--but also out of step with the possibilities of a new technology.

Our editor rounds up the best presents you can play.

Bradley Cooper's latest film, about separated spouses played by Laura Dern and Will Arnett, is scrappy but soul-nourishing.

Also: Murray Hill's holiday variety show, Kara Young and Nicholas Braun in "Gruesome Playground Injuries," James L. Brooks's anti-romantic comedy "Ella McCay," and more.

The filmmaker, who died in January, showed us what our world was becoming, and how we should respond.

With "Resurrection," the director has made a surrealist epic not just about Chinese history but about the cinema itself.