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fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Do You See Yourself in a Story?

Comic books have evolved into a serious medium for exploring trauma and psychological depth, exemplified by works like Maus.
Television
fromThe Atlantic
2 days ago

Seven Documentaries for Fans of Fiction

Documentaries can effectively tell engaging stories, appealing even to those typically averse to the genre.
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
2 days ago

Douglas Stuart on the Push and Pull of an Old Life Versus a New One

The story 'A Private View' explores themes of class, art, and personal identity through a museum setting.
Paris food
fromdesignyoutrust.com
4 days ago

Beautiful Visual Storytelling Blending Typography With Charming Children's Book Aesthetics

Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet is a renowned French illustrator and animator known for his innovative cross-disciplinary creative approach.
Relationships
fromInsideHook
1 week ago

What Men Can Learn From 17 Unforgettable On-Screen Proposals

Real-life proposals differ from romantic comedies, but lessons from memorable on-screen moments can guide men in crafting meaningful proposals.
Film
fromInsideHook
1 week ago

"The Drama" Has No Idea How to Handle Its Controversial Twist

The Drama presents a romantic comedy that takes a dark turn with a shocking revelation about a character's past involvement in a school shooting plot.
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

In Film, Sometimes the Greatest Drama Is Offscreen

"Cinematic Immunity" offers a workers'-eye view of Hollywood on the Hudson, revealing the intricate dynamics of filmmaking in New York City from 1954 to 9/11.
Independent films
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Too hot to handle? Why it's time for straight male authors to rediscover sex

Straight male writers often avoid writing about sex, fearing it may seem exploitative or gratuitous, unlike their female counterparts.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Life of Pi author Yann Martel: I thought the Iliad was a book for old farts then I started getting ideas'

Yann Martel's new novel, Son of Nobody, reimagines the Trojan War from the perspective of an unknown soldier, blending humor and domesticity with scholarly footnotes.
fromFast Company
1 week ago

HarperCollins is forging ahead with AI-assisted dramas based on books. Some authors have concerns

Toonstar's proven ability to translate beloved stories into engaging animation, while keeping artists at the center of the process, makes them the ideal partner to bring Friendship List and other popular titles to new audiences in formats today's families love.
Media industry
fromAnOther
1 week ago

Night Stage: Anatomy of a Modern Erotic Thriller

The illicit thrill of hidden desires definitely propels Night Stage, a riveting queer noir about an up-and-coming actor Matias and an aspiring politician Rafael who begin hooking up in public spaces.
Film
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror review roundup

Marc Winters investigates a cult's past while facing existential threats in a climate-changed Britain.
Television
fromQueerty
1 week ago

The secretly queer world of Animorphs might finally go mainstream in new reboot - Queerty

Disney+ is developing a new TV adaptation of Animorphs, a YA book series about teens who can transform into animals to fight an alien invasion.
Film
fromVulture
1 week ago

The Twist in The Drama Is Not the Problem

The film features a controversial plot twist involving a character's past plan for a school shooting, sparking significant online speculation and backlash.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

Unconventional Novels About Conventional People

Aging revolutionaries and conformists share parallel narratives of disillusionment and the loss of youthful dreams in recent literature.
#wuthering-heights
Writing
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

The Trouble With Adapting "Wuthering Heights"

Wuthering Heights features multiple narrators, influencing adaptations and interpretations of the novel since its publication.
Writing
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

The Trouble With Adapting "Wuthering Heights"

Wuthering Heights features multiple narrators, influencing adaptations and interpretations of the novel since its publication.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

From the phone to the plex: why TV shows are turning into movies

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man achieved over 25 million views on Netflix in three days, showcasing the shift from cinema to streaming.
#film-vs-literature
Film
fromInverse
2 weeks ago

Netflix's Next Fantasy Franchise May Be Making A Huge Change From The Books

Netflix's adaptation of Narnia will set The Magician's Nephew in the 1950s, altering the timeline for future films.
Photography
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Films Are Fantasies. Here Are Their Realities.

Atsushi Nishijima, an on-set stills photographer, has documented major films over the past decade and a half, capturing candid moments between takes on sets directed by prominent filmmakers.
Books
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Fiction Is Indispensable to Life's Journey

Fiction is essential for emotional connection, learning, and social cognition, allowing us to escape reality and engage deeply with narratives.
Writing
fromThe Walrus
3 weeks ago

Frankenstein Taught Me the Classics Are Alive, They're Really Alive! | The Walrus

Frankenstein explores themes of unchecked ambition and responsibility, paralleling modern concerns about artificial intelligence and the creation of consciousness.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Shift That Happens When You Write a Non-Fiction Book

Writing a book transforms tacit knowledge into explicit frameworks, forcing experts to articulate intuitions they've developed through experience into clear, communicable ideas.
#childrens-literature
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Children and teens roundup the best new picture books and novels

Bear finds hope in a tiny seed after his forest disappears, needing help from other animals to nurture it.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Children and teens roundup the best new picture books and novels

Bear finds hope in a tiny seed after his forest disappears, needing help from other animals to nurture it.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

What we're listening to, watching, and reading right now.

Whether it's a slept-on post-punk album from the '80s, a new sci-fi novel, or a cult classic horror movie, we're always finding new obsessions here at The Verge - and we want to share those obsessions with you. Sometimes that might be a new release, but often it's going to be something a little older, something not necessarily plastered all over TikTok or sitting at the top of the charts on Spotify.
Music production
fromAnOther
3 weeks ago

10 Reinvigorating Spring Films to Add to Your Watchlist This Season

Set on the blossom tree-lined fringes of Hyde Park in London, Herbert Wilcox's black-and-white rom-com blows in like a fresh spring breeze. The film charts the will-they-won't-they romance between Richard (Michael Wilding), a wealthy lord masquerading as a butler, and Judy (Anna Neagle), the niece of the family who employs him.
Film
Books
fromBustle
2 weeks ago

The 10 Best New Books About Women Breaking The Mold

Successful women often defy expectations, and quieter forms of rebellion deserve recognition alongside visible rule-breakers.
Television
fromInverse
1 month ago

10 Years Ago, One Conflicted Sci-Fi Reboot Dropped A Wild Finale

The 2009-2011 V reboot served as a transitional bridge between eras of science fiction television, featuring Morena Baccarin's standout performance as the alien leader Anna.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

If you loved 'Train Dreams,' here's what to watch next

Train Dreams depicts early 20th-century American working-class life through poetic cinematography, earning four Academy Award nominations for its portrayal of loggers and railroad workers.
fromLos Angeles Times
36 years ago

Landis Remakes Hudson Classic

They've done some wonderful brick work. There are some brick steps with inset lights leading down to a new pool in the back yard. The late actor's pool on another part of the 2.5-acre property has been filled with concrete, and the statuary he had installed has been sold.
LA real estate
Books
fromThe Atlantic
4 weeks ago

A New Direction for the Trans Novel

A dying woman's opioid-induced memories reveal her deep resentment toward her trans child, exposing how her accumulated life disappointments have narrowed her worldview to rigid gender expectations.
#film-adaptation
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

What's under my saucepans? Rage!' Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield and cast on the set of The Magic Faraway Tree

The Magic Faraway Tree film adaptation brings Enid Blyton's beloved magical landscapes to life with elaborate sets featuring edible environments and fantastical creatures, starring 13-year-old Billie Gadsdon.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

What's under my saucepans? Rage!' Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield and cast on the set of The Magic Faraway Tree

The Magic Faraway Tree film adaptation brings Enid Blyton's beloved magical landscapes to life with elaborate sets featuring edible environments and fantastical creatures, starring 13-year-old Billie Gadsdon.
Philosophy
fromBig Think
1 month ago

The 3 colors: What folktales teach about how to grow wise

European folktales use red, black, and white colors to represent three modes of being that map human maturation: red as ambition and life force, black as introspection and shadow, and white as wisdom and transcendence.
Film
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Cinema's Newest, Grimmest Trend

Multiple 2024 Oscar nominees feature child deaths as central plot points, reflecting contemporary anxieties about imagining futures amid present uncertainty and grief.
Music
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Why music has become such a big part of the romance novel reading experience

Romance novel readers increasingly use pop music playlists to enhance their reading experiences, creating a community that bridges book fandom and music fandom, exemplified by Charli XCX's Wuthering Heights album.
fromHer Campus
2 months ago

The Space Between Then and Now: Modern Storytelling

Storytelling is shaped by the way we engage with it. In the past, narratives unfolded slowly, giving the audience time to reflect and analyze at their own pace. Classic games, podcasts, and films provided the audience with time to settle into the narrative, and for emotions to build up gradually. These slower forms of media created room for reflection and engagement, allowing audiences to process narratives thoughtfully.
Digital life
US politics
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

A War of Narratives

Clear, simple narratives improve understanding; truth-focused, superior narratives are necessary to counter disinformation and avoid equating falsehoods with facts.
History
fromMedievalists.net
1 month ago

New Medieval Books: Celtic Magic - Medievalists.net

Ancient and medieval Celtic-speaking peoples maintained distinctive magical beliefs and practices whose evidence appears in inscriptions, classical accounts, medieval manuscripts, charms, and medical recipes.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Scarlet review Mamoru Hosoda turns Hamlet into tale of prowling knights and deep nothingness'

Mamoru Hosoda's anime adaptation of Hamlet, Scarlet, features stunning visuals but suffers from incoherent storytelling, arbitrary world-building, and heavy-handed philosophical messaging that undermines its narrative impact.
Education
fromeLearning Industry
1 month ago

Storytelling In Instructional Design: Turning Information Into Talent Transformation

Storytelling-based instructional design turns information into authentic, job-real experiences that activate emotion and memory, producing lasting behavior change.
Books
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Something Strange Is Happening With Books. It Could Reshape Literary Culture.

BookTok readers increasingly prefer first-person narrative perspective in romance and fantasy novels, viewing third-person narration as unnecessarily complex and off-putting.
Film
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Disney scraps planned live-action remake of beloved animated classic

Disney cancelled its planned live-action Robin Hood remake directed by Carlos López Estrada, who described the project as having special original music and creative vision.
fromVulture
1 month ago

Disney Hath Slain the Live-Action Robin Hood

It's dead, sadly. I say sadly because I actually thought there was something really special (and original!) there. Some truly extraordinary music we had figured out for it.
Film
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Taking the Internet Novel Offline

Depicting internet-mediated life requires new narrative strategies that ground online behavior in familiar forms like family drama to keep readers engaged.
fromInverse
2 months ago

9 Years Later, Amazon Is Finally Turning A Beloved Fantasy Comic Into A TV Show

In 2017, New Zealand artist Rachel Smythe started publishing the webcomic Lore Olympus on her Tumblr page. It was a lush, watercolor reimagining of the story of Hades and Persephone in a world where Hades is a sensitive but guarded romantic hero dressed in business suits, and Persephone is a bright-pink young woman whose hair reveals her emotions. The bright colors of Lore Olympus will be reflected in an animated series.
Television
fromBig Think
1 month ago

From myth to machine: The technological evolution of storytelling

I wanted to write a book about how the smartphone changed the world, but the more I researched, the clearer it became that phones were actually the latest step in this evolution of storytelling technology that stretches all the way back to prehistoric times.
Books
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

7 things people do when telling stories that make others tune out immediately without realizing it - Silicon Canals

We've all been there. Someone starts telling a story, and within seconds, your mind starts wandering. Maybe you pull out your phone, suddenly remember an urgent email, or find yourself mentally reorganizing your weekend plans. The storyteller doesn't notice. They keep going, completely unaware that they've lost their audience. After interviewing over 200 people for various articles, I've noticed patterns in how people communicate their experiences. Some captivate you from the first word, while others lose you before they've even gotten to the point.
Writing
Books
fromBustle
1 month ago

The 10 Best New Books Of March

Spring 2024 brings diverse literary releases across romance, literary fiction, and debuts, featuring works by established authors like Abby Jimenez and Rebecca Serle alongside promising new writers.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

When Did Literature Get Less Dirty?

Philip Roth's Zuckerman Unbound functioned as a response to the controversial reception of Portnoy's Complaint, with Roth's protagonist expressing regret over writing sexually explicit material that drew accusations of anti-Semitism and misogyny.
Film
fromIndieWire
2 months ago

'Scarlet' Tells a Classical Revenge Story - Just Don't Call It a Shakespeare Adaptation

Scarlet reimagines Hamlet as a gender-swapped revenge tale that becomes a purgatorial journey questioning whether cycles of vengeance are worth perpetuating.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

How to Put Sex in a Novel

Contemporary literary fiction increasingly avoids depicting heterosexual intimacy while queer novelists freely explore sex's complexities, as exemplified by Jan Saenz's unconventional novel about selling experimental orgasm-inducing pills.
Film
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

An undying trend: How vampires hold a mirror to society

The vampire figure personifies societal anxieties and mirrors social and racial violence, sustaining enduring cultural relevance across myth, literature, and film.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

A Biography Without 'The Boring Bits'

Sophia Stewart poses a choice that many biographers struggle with: "what to do with the boring bits."
Books
Film
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

What makes a good book-to-film adaptation? We have thoughts (and favorites)

Great book-to-film adaptations balance fidelity to plot and characters with bold stylistic choices that capture the original work's essential spirit.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman review a perfect fairytale for our times

A dislocated professor abandons institutional life and retreats toward neo‑transcendental solitude in nature after losing job, spouse, and social standing.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Stitch Head review animated adaptation of hit Frankenstinian tale hangs loosely together

Stitch Head is a tentative, derivative British children's animated film that shows a director's awkward pivot from gritty live-action to familiar, Pixar-like visual territory.
Books
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

Are We Just Recycling Old Stories, Ideas, and Styles?

21st-century culture is abundant and accessible but suffers an innovation deficit, leaving a "blank space" where original cultural creation should emerge.
Film
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

An undying trend: How vampires hold a mirror to society

Vampires in storytelling symbolize societal fears and reflect historical social and racial violence, as shown by a 1930s-set horror about community-targeted vampires.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror review roundup

Subsequently, runaway children turned the valley into a fortress, surviving on food they could catch or grow, with occasional forays into the towns below. Riley has heard the rumours, but it is only when she sees a green-clad boy or is it a girl? hovering outside her bedroom window offering directions on how to find Nowhere that she realises this might be her chance to escape and save her little brother from their sadistic guardian.
Books
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

People feel like they're in on the joke': the new wave of pseudo-biopics

Filmmakers increasingly create pseudo-biopics that borrow recognizable elements from real people and events while changing names and details to avoid legal liability and maintain creative freedom.
Books
fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

People On Reddit Are Sharing The Book That Turned Them Into "Readers"

Childhood favorites, household libraries, and life events like parenthood often spark or revive lifelong reading habits.
Film
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Zombie Movies Should Always Be This Hopeful

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple presents a hopeful vision of postapocalyptic humanity, subverting the genre's expectation of survivors preying on one another.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Myth, monsters and making sense of a disenchanted world: why everyone is reading fantasy

Fantasy is a dominant, all-pervading cultural form offering diverse subgenres, serious artistic value, and lineages from varied creators and traditions.
Film
fromInverse
1 month ago

How 'My Father's Shadow' Reinvents The Ghost Story

My Father's Shadow uses a Lagos-set coming-of-age narrative and metaphysical elements to process grief, imagined father-son conversations, and intergenerational, stoic masculinity.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Is listening to an audiobook as good as reading?

Audiobooks and comics are legitimate, effective forms of reading that expand access, boost literacy, and contribute significantly to the publishing industry.
Books
fromMedium
2 months ago

How to start writing (like it's easy)

A profoundly immersive book can deeply alter readers and provoke self-doubt about one's own creative abilities.
Film
fromKqed
2 months ago

'Dracula' Finds New Life in a Sexy Reimagining by Luc Besson

Luc Besson's Paris-set reimagining of Dracula injects humor, color, period detail, and fresh panache into a familiar tale, starring Caleb Landry Jones.
Books
fromBig Think
2 months ago

5 literary conspiracy theories - debunked

Literary conspiracy theories question authorship, use pseudonyms, and misattribute works, sometimes entertaining but often distorting historical understanding.
Film
fromwww.esquire.com
2 months ago

Why Is the 2016 Nostalgia Trend Forgetting the Movies?

2016 marked a cinematic shift toward bigger budgets, larger scale, aggressive fan-focused marketing, and spectacle that reshaped audience expectations despite many excellent films.
fromUntapped New York
1 year ago

How Museum Artifacts in NYC Inspired a Novel About a Medieval Witch - Untapped New York

While working on a graduate school paper on the mystical powers of coral, gemologist Anna Rasche ventured deep into the archives of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum's library. Coral is the most powerful material to ward off the evil eye-a belief Italians have held since ancient times. Romans often gifted newborns coral amulets to prevent sickness and bad luck.
Books
Books
fromwww.nytimes.com
2 months ago

Romance Glossary: An A-Z Guide of Tropes and Themes to Find Your Next Book

Lists 101 romance-genre terms (e.g., cinnamon roll, shadow daddy, fae) to help readers identify subgenres and find recommended books.
Books
fromDefector
2 months ago

Fanfiction's Total Cultural Victory | Defector

Fifty Shades of Grey's transition from fanfiction to mainstream publishing transformed the industry, proving fanfiction-originated romances can be highly lucrative and culturally influential.
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