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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Ethan Hawke

CREATORS FICTION Writers

‘A Bright Ray of Darkness,’ Ethan Hawke’s Pretentious, Whiny Autofiction

February 5, 2021February 11, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments A Bright Ray of Darkness, Ethan Hawke, Henry IV

OJ’s ‘If I Did It’ for the pseudo-intellectual set

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson and His Particular Set of Skills

February 4, 2021February 8, 2021 Jake Harris 0 Comments Cold Pursuit, Ed Harris, Liam Neeson, Run All Night, Taken, The Commuter, The Grey, The Marksman

The Last Action Hero entertains us, even in the middle of a pandemic

Cage

The Bonkers Narrative Films of Sundance

February 4, 2021February 6, 2021 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Ben Wheatley, In The Earth, Iuli Gerbase, Nicolas Cage, Prisoners of the Ghostland, The Pink Cloud

Four new movies that really click with our current hellscape

CODA

‘CODA’ Dominates Sundance Award Ceremony

February 3, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Apple+, CODA, Marlee Matlin, Patton Oswalt, Questlove, Sian Heder, Summer of Soul, Sundance

Apple+ buys heartwarming deaf family drama for $25 million

Rita Moreno

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Rita Moreno and ‘Flee’ Highlight Sundance Documentary Offerings

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Edgar Wright, Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Marilyn Agrelo, Misha and the Wolves, Rebel Hearts, Rita Moreno, Searchers, Sesame Street, Sundance Film Festival, The Sparks Brothers

Introverts have many choices at this year’s stay-at-home festival

The Dig

Can You ‘Dig’ It?

February 2, 2021February 17, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Carey Mulligan, Lily James, Ralph Fiennes, Simon Stone, Sutton Hoo, The Dig

A movie about a great archeological discovery loses itself in weak personal subplots

Publishing Power 30

AUTHOR STUFF FICTION NON-FICTION

The Book and Film Globe Publishing Power 30

February 1, 2021February 24, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Allison Hill, Amanda "Binky" Urban, Amy Einhorn, Ann Binney, Bill Clegg, Broadside PR, Celeste Ng, Dana Canedy, David Bowles, David Gernert, Dignidad Literaria, Ebony LaDelle, Ellen Levine, Erin Kodicek, James Daunt, Jonathan Karp, Julie Barer, Kimberly Burns, Krishan Trotman, L.L. McKinney, Leigh Haber, Linda Duggins, Lisa Lucas, Lois Kim, Madeline McIntosh, Michael Taeckens, Myriam Gurba, Pennie Clark Ianniciello, Publishing Power 30, Queressa Robinson, Reagan Arthur, Reese Witherspoon, Roberto Lovato, Saraciea J. Fennell, Tracy Sherrod, Whitney Peeling

Our annual list of the book business’s most influential gatekeepers

Run Hide Fight

‘Run Hide Fight’: Not Very Conservative

February 1, 2021February 5, 2021 Paula Shaffer 1 Comment Ben Shapiro, Isabel May, Run Hide Fight, The Daily Wire

Political controversy aside, ‘The Daily Wire Movie’ is an effective, schlocky school-shooting thriller

Sundance

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Sundance 2021: Totally Virtual, but Still Kicking

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments In The Same Breath, Questlove, Summer of Soul, Sundance Film Festival

With opening night documentaries–and screening shut-outs–Sundance is as vital and aggravating as ever

Promising Young Woman

Actors CREATORS FILM Writers

Unpromising Old Reviewer

January 29, 2021 Jake Harris 0 Comments Carey Mulligan, Dennis Harvey, Emerald Fennell, Margot Robbie, Promising Young Woman, Variety, Zendaya

‘Variety’ apologizes for ‘Promising Young Woman’ review, but the Internet demands blood

All Creatures Great and Small

Horse Pucky

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments All Creatures Great and Small, Anna Madeley, Callum Woodhouse, James Herriot, Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West

The ‘All Creatures Great And Small’ reboot wallows in rural nostalgia…and dung

Karl Edward Wagner

CREATORS DOCUMENTARY FICTION FILM Writers

The Tragedy of Karl Edward Wagner

January 28, 2021February 2, 2021 Michael Washburn 5 Comments Dennis Etchison, Karl Edward Wagner, Peter Straub, Ramsey Campbell, Robert E. Howard, S.T. Joshi, The Last Wolf

Documentary explores the decline of a cult horror and fantasy writer

Louise Fitzhugh

Biography CREATORS NON-FICTION Writers

Spying on Louise Fitzhugh

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Harriet The Spy, Judy Blume, Leslie Broady, Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going To Change, Sometimes You Have To Lie, The Long Secret

A new biography casts light on the private life of the queer author of ‘Harriet The Spy’

Fran Leibowitz

CREATORS TELEVISION Writers

A Few Evenings With Fran Lebowitz

January 27, 2021February 5, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Andy Warhol, Belinda Carlisle, Fran Lebowitz, James Levine, Martin Scorsese, Pretend It's A City, Toni Morrison

Martin Scorsese’s Netflix documentary series about a great American wit

De Chiara

De Chiara Literary Agency Fires Agent for Using Right-Wing Social Media Platforms

January 27, 2021February 5, 2021 Katie Smith 8 Comments Colleen Oefelein, Gab, Jennifer De Chiara, Jesse Singal, Marissa Corvisiero, Parler, Sasha White, Thomas Chatterton Williams

Anti-cancel culture Tweeters call the termination ‘absolute madness’