Suzy Hansen discusses “Notes on a Foreign Country,” and David Thomson talks about “Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio.”

Suzy Hansen discusses “Notes on a Foreign Country,” and David Thomson talks about “Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio.”

Bruce Handy talks about “Wild Things,” and Adrian Owen discusses “Into the Gray Zone.”

Bruce Handy talks about “Wild Things,” and Adrian Owen discusses “Into the Gray Zone.”

George Prochnik discusses “Freud,” and Nancy MacLean talks about “Democracy in Chains.”

George Prochnik discusses “Freud,” and Nancy MacLean talks about “Democracy in Chains.”

Judith Newman discusses new parenting books, and Bill Goldstein talks about “The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster, and the Year That Changed Literature.”

Amy Schumer discusses her memoir, and Gregory Cowles talks about the Book Review's special poetry issue.

Amy Schumer discusses her memoir, and Gregory Cowles talks about the Book Review's special poetry issue.

Cree LeFavour talks about her new memoir, and Andrew Sean Greer discusses his new novel, "Less."