Climate change
With luck, America's "Yes, we can" will spill over into national soccer.
Night shift
Feelings about a new president bring back images of a father of old.
The Emperor (Downfall of an Autocrat)
Kapuscinski's portrait of the rise and fall of Haile Selasie is a masterpiece of first-person journalism.
Radiance
The history of American hope long predates Barack Obama.
The Fire Gospel
Michel Faber hunts down Dan Brown but the result comes out flat.
Tanned
For Silvio Berlusconi, there's one man he can always count on: Himself.
Past less traveled
Whether it's reincarnated souls, crime, Napoleon or fascism, Rome has a museum to match.
Unexpected Marrakech
Marrakech may not be the new St. Tropez, but it provides surprises aplenty.
Go south, diner
Rome's colorful Sud is a new twist on the old dishes of the Italian south.
How We Believe: Science, Skepticism and the Search for God
If God made the universe, asks Michael Shermer, who made God?
De Battre Mon Coeur s’est Arrêté (The Beat that My Heart Skipped)
Jacques Audiard's remake of Tobak's "Fingers" is mesmerizing.