A Netflix adaptation of the beloved tale empowers Ma and adds new Black and Native characters to challenge prejudices.The creators know criticism is coming.
Category: Books and Literature
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‘The Future of Truth’ Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.
Steven Rosenbaum, author of “The Future of Truth,” said he had started his own investigation after The New York Times asked about the fake quotes.
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Amazon MGM Gets a Much-Needed Hit With ‘Project Hail Mary’
The movie, which stars Ryan Gosling, is on pace to be the company’s highest-grossing domestic film.
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‘Wuthering Heights’ Finds New Fans Ahead of Emerald Fennell’s Film Adaptation
To prepare for Emerald Fennell’s film adaptation, readers are seeking out Emily Brontë’s Gothic novel — and the “unhinged gossip” it contains.
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Dramas Keep Showing Us Hapless Men — and Hypercompetent Women
Several of the past year’s films center on confused, bumbling protagonists — surrounded by women who are anything but.
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Interview: Tilda Swinton on Her Favorite Books and Favorite Collaborators
Starring in the 1992 film adaptation helped launch an eclectic career. “Ongoing” is the book that accompanies a retrospective on her work.
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Abel Ferrara: In Rome, They Call Him ‘Maestro’
Abel Ferrara, an icon of down-and-dirty New York cinema who has a key role in ‘Marty Supreme,’ tells the story of his wild career in a frank memoir.
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Richard Pollak, 91, Dies; Edited Magazine That Criticized the Media
He was a founder of More, which skewered the foibles of the press in the 1970s, and later wrote a critical biography of the psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim.