Baz Luhrmann possesses a Steve Jobs-like gift for fashioning something coveted, cool, and contemporary out of the familiar. He is an artist driven by the elemental thrill of dusting off a cherished cultural heirloom and swaddling it in in pulsing techno dance beats and the ecstatic sheen of glimmering production design and a cast bedazzled with movie stars. It’s an intoxicating approach that has yielded such original and pleasurable moviegoing events as “Romeo + Juliet” and “Moulin Rouge.”
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WordandFilm.com: Also in the news today, Tom Cruise's remake of a remake currently being remade, dissecting 'The Shining' and 'The Phantom Carriage,' and hilarious film warnings.
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WordandFilm.com: Egan's The Keep and A Visit from the Goon Squad are like a pair of Austen protagonists: extraordinary beings containing labyrinthine complexity beneath a deceptively accessible exterior.
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WordandFilm.com: Also in the news today: the Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, the raciest film out of Cannes, and 'There Will Be Blood' director Paul Thomas Anderson's next undertaking.
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WordandFilm.com: Today's roundup also features Bill Murray lookin' smooth on the red carpet, and the Oliver Twist adaptation that no one saw coming.
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WordandFilm.com: In his blistering novel No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy returns to the Texas-Mexico border, and the tale is brought to life by the famed Coen Brothers.
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WordandFilm.com: Hollywood seems to be getting serious in its on-again, off-again romance with the nineteenth-century novel.
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WordandFilm.com: Also in our round-up: directors' signature moves, how John Waters gets around, and overanalyzing 'Ghostbusters.'...
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WordandFilm.com: To commemorate Mother’s Day -- and what may be our society's most high pressure job with the lowest odds for success -- we’ve assembled the following collection of a few the most indelible memoir-based movie moms, each more flawed...
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WordandFilm.com: Also in our Friday round-up: the art behind Edgar Allan Poe, casting the fantasy 'Avengers,' and what 'Alien 5' could have been with a little help from James Cameron.
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WordandFilm.com: Sendak, who died today at age 83 due to complications of a recent stroke, has spent much of his celebrated career creating illustrated books embracing the untamed beauty of the anarchic impulses raging within us all, from birth to...
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WordandFilm.com: Taymor is back in the news, not for any ties to her departure from 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,' but for two movies she has in development.
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WordandFilm.com: In this week's book and movie recommendation, we're inspired by Cheryl Strayed's Wild to look back at John Krakauer's Into the Wild.
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WordandFilm.com: It started with a fairly simple question: 'How hard is it to make something funny?' And it was off and running from there...
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WordandFilm.com: Also in our Monday roundup: The Exorcist lands onstage, an inspiring commencement address, and Rihanna's entire 'Battleship' script.
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From World & Film Hollywood seems to be getting serious in its on-again, off-again romance with the nineteenth-century novel.
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WordandFilm.com: It's shaping up to be an incredibly busy year for talent-saturated It Girl Adams, whose latest may be pulled from the pages of thriller queen Gillian Flynn.
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WordandFilm.com: Once upon a time, there was a Hasbro/Universal deal that would bring Candyland, Ouija, and more to the big screen. And then ... game over.
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WordandFilm.com: Today's roundup is linkfest of writers, a letter from the old man at sea, and best time-travel of all time!
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WordandFilm.com: Also today, George Lucas lends some land to low-income housing, first look at Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, and Pee-Wee Herman -- coming to a theater near you.
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WordandFilm.com: Today's roundup is also serving up sequels full of notable character omissions and valuable advice for authors who can't decide what to write about.
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WordandFilm.com: After “The Avengers“ set the high watermark for summer spectacle, the rest of the season of mindless entertainment seems doomed to disappoint.
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WordandFilm.com: Add a soft spot to your weekend movie-watching with the 2009 movie 'Away We Go,' based on an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida.
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