Roman Polanski’sChinatownbrings out the classic film noir look of the 1940s, and who better than Jack Nicholson to play the lead role in, arguably, one of the best films in the history of cinema. Apart fromCasablanca, Chinatownhas one of the greatest scripts ever written. 48. One Flew ...
War and Peace, published in 1865 as a serial,remains to be Tolstoy’s most notable work and is considered to be one of the greatest pieces of literature ever written. It tells the story of family life, Napoleon’s headquarters, Alexander I of Russia’s court, and the battlefields of Aust...
24. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland Lewis Carroll A story written for the nine-year-old daughter of an Oxford don that still baffles most kids. •Robert McCrum's 100 best novels: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 25. Little Women Louisa M. Alcott Victorian bestseller about a New England...
Written with Chips Moman, it was recorded by Aretha Franklin in 1967, and the feminist power of Franklin's calm preaching about temptation, fidelity and sexual equality was, as Jerry Wexler put it, "perfection." "I think all the best songs come out of just pure, raw feeling that you ...
“‘Operate’ was technically the first Peaches song written. Before Peaches, I was part of a band called The Shit, which was four musicians and we were very dissatisfied with our current musical projects. We got together and jammed. It was the first time I played keyboard...
of total untouchability. There is no wasted potential with Taylor Swift, no what ifs – the chance was there for her to have one of the greatest years any pop star has ever had, and you know that she grabbed it.Taylor was here. No one who was around for her 2023 will ever forget ...
And 150 years on, The greatest story ever worn is still being written.” Everyone’s story More than a pair of jeans, they are not just one person’s story, but everyone’s story. This ever-expanding narrative features a collection of characters, events, ambitions and memories from every...
Written, directed and produced by Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold) and executive produced by DumbDumb co-founders Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Electus Founder Ben Silverman, Mansome marks Arnett and Bateman’s first executive producer credits.In the age of ...
“it was the first book i actually owned with my name written in the title page on a little sticker.” that kind of loving, handmade detail is all over the filmmaker’s adaptation, a gloriously tactile rendering of the fox family and its hopelessly restless patriarch, whose fear of ...
Regularly cited as the most difficult/challenging/inaccessible novel ever written, Finnegans Wake would be exactly as (in)coherent read backward as forward. (And, knowing Joyce, reading it backward may actually be reading it as intended.) So what is Finnegans Wake about? According to Samuel ...