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In "El Monte," the Cuban American photographers construct a dizzying world inspired by a seminal work of ethnography.

The artist's latest album, "The Passionate Ones," catches your weariness, and, with a dreamer's irrationality, asks if you would consider transforming it, even for a while.

Kate Riley's début novel, "Ruth," is about the workings of an insular religious community--and the irresistible pleasure of making up rules.

Favorite spots near and far.

Darren Aronofsky brings philosophical heft to his violent and frantic neo-noir, starring Austin Butler as a bartender trapped in a vortex of danger.

Everyone was looking at us as though they all knew that Ritu had done the work and I had tried to mooch off her.

The "Love, Brooklyn" and "Moonlight" actor recommends some of his favorites.

On any given day, brilliant stuff would spontaneously fly out of someone's mouth. A lot of that stuff had to go, to keep the film's motor running.

On its self-titled album, the Michigan band uses orchestral arrangements to get the most out of every song.

Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.