Screening Room
August 28, 2009
Inglourious Basterds: Les Neiges d’Antan en Feu 2
by Noah Deutsch
Neutrality is not an option.
August 19, 2009
Inter Alia #18: Julia Child and the Ethical Appeal 5
by Garth Risk Hallberg
Julia Child turns out not only to have been a kind of unfussy feminist; she was also a terrific writer.
August 18, 2009
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Men World 3
by Noah Deutsch
Draper without a double life just wouldn’t be Draper.
July 25, 2009
A First Look Through the Looking Glass: Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland 2
by Emily Colette Wilkinson
Tim Burton and Disney have released the first images of Burton’s forthcoming (March 2010) take on Lewis Carroll’s 19th century children’s classic Alice in Wonderland – and they’re spectacular. Johnny Depp will play the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter (also Burton’s wife) will play the Red Queen, Anne Hathaway will play the White Queen, and [...]
July 8, 2009
Middlesex on the Tube 2
by Lydia Kiesling
I just discovered that HBO is going to turn Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel Middlesex into a series. Immediately all was untrammeled rapture. I love Middlesex, and I am a big fan of HBO series generally. The Sopranos. The inimitable Wire. Curb Your Enthusiasm. Rome. Deadwood. And yes, Sex and the City. I know that Sex and [...]
May 21, 2009
Ask a Book Question: #72 (Books on the Silver Screen) 10
by Editor
Kathy wrote in with this question: Our book club is focusing on books made into movies. We read fiction, no murder mysteries. I would like to keep either the book or the movie fairly current. Beloved is as far back as I would like to go. I thought about Wonder Boys and then heard The [...]
