Arts & Culture

A profile of Kehinde Wiley, a painter who inserts the “brown faces” that have historically been relegated to the background in Western art.

An interview with a blotto Lee Marvin.

An investigation into a scholarly hoax.

Two decades later, unpacking a historic bust.

On Swedish game designer Markus Persson and his singular creation, Minecraft, which has sold over twenty million copies and earned Persson over a hundred million dollars last year.

“Ebert: Sometimes we do really dislike each other.

Siskel: And sometimes we don’t.”

A profile of the late critic.

“The first time I was ever published in a book was 1997. It was because I found Roger Ebert’s email and asked him a question.”

An oral history of Siskel and Ebert.

A profile of the D.O.C., the rapper’s rapper, who ghostwrote for Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.

On the business of selling books.

On Aint It Cool News’ Harry Knowles, who built an influential empire on insider movie news while wheelchair-bound and at one point weighing over 500 pounds, then lost it all.