Sheila Fitzpatrick offers a concise account of Joseph Stalin’s rise to supreme power, his tyrannical rule, the black comedy surrounding his death, and his legacy in modern Russia.

Despite his great CV, Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin doesn’t quite reach its satirical pretensions. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a great fan. His television collaborations with Steve Coogan are ...

The President's decision to withdraw, and immediate endorsement of Kamala Harris to succeed him, shows that we’re not quite at the filmmaker’s level of dystopia. Based on the French graphic novel, “La ...