The series executes a breathtaking high-wire act, threading speculative fiction a history most of us still do not know well enough.

The highest tribute I can offer this biography is that it is not unlike a Nichols film itself: incisive, dense with detail yet somehow brisk.

For true Chicagoans, theirs is the greatest American city, and also the one most in need of change.

“There’s a war coming, dude,” says one character to another in “Heroes of the Fourth Turning.” Was she right?

Like a master painter’s sketchbooks, “Archives” is uniquely revealing of the roots of Joni Mitchell’s distinctive voice both as a singer and a writer.

Chadwick Boseman also appears in his final performance before his untimely death.

Chess isn’t just a game, it’s also a handy metaphor—for braininess, for power, for geopolitical strategy.

‘The Good Lord Bird’ runs straight to the heart of America’s most toxic contradictions.

The singer-songwriter is light years away from the praise music she grew up playing with her dad.

Apple’s new album feels like a sustained performance, dense with emotion and observation.