Sneaking away with a book called "The Neverending Story," Bastian begins reading it in the school attic. The novel is about Fantasia, a fantasy land threatened by "The Nothing," a darkness that destroys everything it touches. The kingdom needs the help of a human child to surv...
Neuromanceris the first novel to win the holy trinity of science fiction: the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the Philip K. Dick Award. It is a classic science fiction that ranks as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future. WithNeuromancer, William Gibson introdu...
I especially like the message that starting over with new chances can happen. Stagecoach was one of director John Ford’s masterpieces, and one I will watch for the umpteenth time! Be sure to visit Cinemaven’s site via this link, in order to read other great posts written by fellow ...
Published in 1925, The Great Gatsby has long been considered a classic novel to read, and often ranks among the top pieces of fiction of all time. The tale follows Jay Gatsby, a man who lives his life in chasing for his one desire: to be reunited with his one true love, Daisy Buchan...
Alice Walker was the first black woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize with this unique, uplifting epistolary novel. It is narrated by Celie, a beaten-down African-American woman living in the southern United States in the early 20th century. Repeatedly abused by her husband and the man she...
Adapted from Stephen King's novel, this poignant drama chronicles the experiences of a death row corrections officer (Tom Hanks) who befriends an unusual inmate with supernatural powers, played by Michael Clarke Duncan. Expertly blending elemen...
I’ll send out a newsletter with a link to the project once we’re ready to launch. Thanks for pitching in! Stephen Crane is mostly known for his seminal novel: The Red Badge of Courage, and also for his short story, “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky”. While today’s story is ...
(2) Le Notte Bianche (1957) One of the lesser-known works by the great director Luchino Visconti (pictured above in close-up), from a novel by the esteemed Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky, this is a heartbreakingly beautiful jewel of a movie. Shot almost like a fairy-tale with exquisit...
That didn’t always mean casting humanity in a flattering light, however, as with this adaptation of H.G. Wells’s 1897 novel about a chemist who cracks the secret of invisibility. Claude Rains stars as Jack Griffin, a man who’s already learned the secret of disappearing as the film ...
The Chase – Free – An American noir film directed by Arthur Ripley, based on the Cornell Woolrich novel The Black Path of Fear. The File on Thelma Jordan – Free – This noir directed by Robert Siodmak features Barbara Stanwyck and Wendell Corey. At the time Variety said, “Thelma Jordon...