Missy Mazzoli's opera “The Galloping Cure” explores the opioids epidemic through a haunting allegory.

Salman Rushdie's new book, “The Eleventh Hour,” marks a creative reset for the author.

Ivan Klima, a Czech author and anti-communist dissident whose work and life were shaped by Europe’s 20th-century totalitarian regimes, has died.

Films starring Sydney Sweeney, Angelina Jolie and Aziz Ansari will premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, festival organizers announced Monday.

By the time a film arrives on movie screens, its makers often strive to find ways to articulate how relevant it is, how it speaks to now.

Poland’s Supreme Court has reinstated a judge who was suspended for two years.

North Macedonia’s fugitive former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has been handed a 9-year prison sentence for illegally ordering the 2011 demolition a multimillion-dollar complex owned by a former political ally turned opponent.

A Polish opposition senator whose phone was hacked with advanced spyware has filed a civil suit against Poland’s ruling party leader.

Roberto Calasso, an Italian literary figure and the driving force behind an esteemed Milan-based publishing house, has died at 80.