Posted on October 9th, 2008 by Anne-Sophie Jahn
Stone Village Pictures recently announced that they are developing a screen adaptation of The Master and Margarita, the Russian literature masterpiece by Mikhail Bulgakov. In charge of the project: Scott Steindorff, who also produced adaptations of The Human Stain and Love in the Time of Cholera.
A forbidden manuscript, an accursed poet, a controversial subject…It is [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Jillian MacKenzie
When Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray Love was first published in 2006, women everywhere rejoiced. Finally, they marveled, a book that could convey what they themselves felt and desired- the desire to fly free. For those who haven’t read this work, it is the autobiographical tale of Elizabeth Gilbert whom, despite having what society deems every [...]
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Posted on August 1st, 2008 by Brina
The impressive sports car pulls up to greet me. I crouch to get my Sass & Bide bum on the crème leather seats. Turning to thank the driver, her piercing blue eyes make me wonder why I’m not on a Balearic beach at this time of year. I remember – it’s because I’m devoting my [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Laura Yates
Reading the works of Richard Dawkins is like taking a breath of fresh air. His prose is lucid (yet engaging, accessible, and at times very funny), his examples so vivid, his attacks on religion so vigorous and meticulously constructed… the experience is, well, akin to a religious one. Dawkins would recoil at that suggestion, but [...]
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Posted on June 28th, 2008 by Anna Lempereur
I don’t know about you, but I’m a huge perfume addict. Florals, musks, citruses – I love them all. That being said, The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York instantly caught my eye.
Written by our very own New York Times perfume critic, Chandler Burr, this novel lets you [...]
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