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Shirley is a novel published in 1849 by the English novelist Charlotte Bronte. Her second novel after publishing Jane Eyre, the story popularized a previously only male name into a female one; since the name "Shirley" reflected the title of a book...

"Boule de Suif" is a very famous short story by the French author Guy de Maupassant, and has gained worldwide recognition for its setting in the Franco-Prussian War. Many say that it is his most popular work, leading to the reasoning for this book...

Airplane!, written and directed by Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker, is considered an American classic when it comes to "spoof" cinema. Contrary to popular belief, this blockbuster-sleeper-comedy-runaway-hit of 1980 is not merely a generic...

Aged 21, Colum McCann, the author of TransAtlantic moved from Dublin to New York to write “the great Irish-American novel”. McCann’s novels typically dwell on multiple storylines, diverse perspectives and wide sympathies- all usually arranged...

Zero Hour! was released in 1957. Directed by Hall Bartlett, written by Arthur Hailey, Hall Bartlett and John Champion and produced by John C. Champion along with Hall Bartlett. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and had an estimated...

Arun Krushnaji Kamble was an author and poet from Maharashtra, India. Born in 1953, he died 56 years later in 2009. Not only a poet but also a Dalit activist, Kamble did much for the Indian government, marching and leading protests to challenge...

Citizenfour was released in 2014. It is a documentary directed by Laura Poitras and produced by Mathilde Bonnefoy, Laura Poitras and executive produced by Steven Soderbergh. The film focuses on Poitrais's interaction with Edward Snowden in...

Gregory Nunzio Corso (born in 1930) was an American poet of Italian descent. Corso spent the majority of his childhood in foster homes and orphanages as well as two traumatic stays in prison during which he first began to write and developed an...

Born Hilda Doolittle in Pennsylvania in 1886, the course of her future as a published poet was set both literally and figuratively by a close and intense relationship with one of the most famous and influential literary figures of the 20th...

"Poor Liza" was written in 1792 by Nikolay Mikhaylovich Karamzin, a Russian historian, poet and journalist who was also the key figure in the sentimentalist school of Russian literature. "Poor Liza" was well-received as soon as it was published...

Les Murray is a talented Australian poet born during 1938. Murray didn't have an easy start in life as he was raised in poverty while living on his grandparents' farm in Bunyah, New South Wales. Yet this period of his life significantly shaped the...

Adaptation was written by Charlie Kaufman and based upon The Orchid Thief, a book by Susan Orlean. Kaufman's journey of battling writer's block in adapting the book become the film that Spike Jonze directed. It was released in 2002 with a budget...

Fargo is a 1996 film from the Coen Brothers which is universally regarded as one of their best and considered their peak cinematic achievement thus far by a substantial number of fans and critics. Frances McDormand received her first Academy Award...

Released on Christmas Day of 2017, Phantom Thread is a drama film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Encompassing the ideas of influence and greed, the movie seems to bring to life ever-relevant themes. Set in 1954, the film has received over a...

Inherent Vice was written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Released in 2014, it is a film that blends comedy and crime, and which follows Joaquin Phoenix as Larry "Doc" Sportello, a private investigator in 1970. The film has an ensemble cast...

Punch-Drunk Love was released in 2002. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it is a dark comedy that takes an unexpected perspective on modern romance. It had an estimated budget of $25 million and grossed $25 million worldwide with a...

Boogie Nights was released in 1997. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it went on to be nominated for three Oscars: Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor. The film chronicles the story of Eddie...

Magnolia was released in 1999. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Produced by Anderson along with JoAnne Sellar. The film would earn Tom Cruise a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Academy Awards, and a win for Best Supporting...

Paul Thomas Anderson wrote and directed The Master which was released in 2012 starring Joaquin Phoenis, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams. It was made for an estimated budget of $32 million, and garnered three Academy Award nominations for Best...

Standing Again at Sinai is a scholarly account of feminism and Judaism. It was written by Judith Plaskow and was published on February 1, 1991. Plaskow is an American author, feminist and Jewish woman. She is a Professor of Religious Studies at...

The Coming of Lilith is a collection of essays regarding feminism, judaism, and sexual ethics written by author Judith Plaskow. There are several collections of essays contained in the book that try to cover what she is trying to explain, and the...

Released in early 1962, Jules and Jim is one of the landmark films that defines the French New Wave of the late 50’s/early 60’s directed by perhaps its most iconic figure, Francois Truffaut. The title characters are the Austrian and French men who...

Babette's Feast and Other Short Stories is a fiction collection written by Danish author Karen Blixen. It was published on June 1, 1993. Karen Blixen also has the pseudonym Isak Dinesen, which is often used by her in her books. Blixen is known for...

One of the most chilling moments in modern cinema comes when Dr Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), genius psychiatrist, player of mind games, serial killer and cannibal tells Clarice Starling that he enjoyed eating the liver of one of his last...