From The Hairpin: Baz Lurhmann’s The Great Gatsby lindy-hopped away with over 50 million dollars last weekend and inspired New York’s Kathryn Schulz to put together a thought-provoking takedown of the source material: “Aesthetically overrated, psychologically vacant, and morally complacent,” she declared last week. Schultz points out, rightly, that no one …
JK Rowling once said that fans of her Harry Potter series shouldn’t look to the films for canon details. They were (and …
While it’s true that any book nerd worth her salt will tell you that the book is always better than the film, …
The Varying Poverties of Now In the appendix to his brief but radiant 2010 manifesto ‘Reality Hunger’—a supremely confident and practically pedagogical …
Generally, I think, many of us will say that our mothers are the best ever. We’re all biased, of course, and what …
The Wheelbarrows of Violence After missing a 7:15am train on my way upstate last Saturday, I was talking to a homeless guy …
Just like any writer, we love to hear great writing advice. Sure, said advice is not always wanted, but pearls of wisdom …
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re a little drunk on Shakespeare this month. And that’s okay, right? Not only did the Bard …
From our Shiny Friends at Mental Floss: Deadline announced that Sony Pictures is negotiating with director Rob Letterman to work on a film adaptation …
Joseph Campbell had a theory about heroes. In his classic seminal work, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Campbell discusses the journey …
