The legendary Russian performance artist on the theory and politics of clowning....

The author of “How to Do Nothing” on the enforced stasis of COVID-19 lockdown....

Olga Ware speaks to photographer Alexander Petrosyan about his three passions: his art form, St. Petersburg, and people....

The celebrated poet, memoirist, and feminist advocate discusses her life in the women’s movement....

Gina Tam reviews “Aftershock: Essays from Hong Kong,” edited by Holmes Chan....

LARB presents the April installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus....

Judith Freeman catches up with Jessica Bruder, whose book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” is the basis for the Oscar-nominated film....

Andrew Gumbel reviews "Beeswing," the new memoir written by Richard Thompson with Scott Timberg....

The co-author of “Beeswing” was a beloved Los Angeles raconteur and reporter....

Nicholas Forster explores the question of how to define Black film through a close look at the 1974 film “Thomasine and Bushrod.”...

In the wake of Michael Apted's passing, Claire Marie Healy revisits the director's most lasting monument: the sprawling, poetic Up series....

A photographer’s long journey with the American everyday....

Peter Coviello misses his family in New Jersey — and everything else in the pandemic year — through a full rewatch of The Sopranos....

Andrei Konchalovsky’s “Dear Comrades” is an anti-protest protest film....

William Harris talks with writer Amit Chaudhuri about his latest book, “Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music.”...

This new package is every bit as aurally transcendent and esoterically inscrutable as Smith’s A Sides....

A brave and controversial activist was assassinated in South Lebanon. What does his death mean for a country already on the brink?...