Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • BUY A HAT
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
  • Reading Challenge
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Reading Challenge
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
How to Adapt Edith Wharton: In Praise of Terence Davies’s <em>The House of Mirth</em>

How to Adapt Edith Wharton: In Praise of Terence Davies’s The House of Mirth

With Two Wharton Projects in the Works, What Can Be Learned from the Masterful 2000 Adaptation?

By Robert Stinner | August 4, 2022

Noah Baumbach's <em>White Noise</em> will open the 60th New York Film Festival.

Noah Baumbach's White Noise will open the 60th New York Film Festival.

By Dan Sheehan | August 2, 2022

The Exorcist.">The Exorcist.">

The Exorcist.">"It has absolutely nothing going for it, except Satan." Read James Baldwin on The Exorcist.

By Emily Temple | August 2, 2022

An ode to the grumpy writer in <em>The Princess Diaries</em>.

An ode to the grumpy writer in The Princess Diaries.

By Katie Yee | July 29, 2022

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in August

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in August

"The only thing that kept me going was stories."

By Emily Temple | July 29, 2022

The Childfree Effigy: On <em>Network</em>’s Diana and the Tropes That Betray Women

The Childfree Effigy: On Network’s Diana and the Tropes That Betray Women

“The world must think women without children, like me, sob through breakfast, bed three men after lunch, or pulverize lives for fun.”

By Felice Arenas | July 29, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Things We Never Say
  • John of John
  • Ghost Stories: A Memoir
  • The Hill
  • Look What You Made Me Do
  • Backtalker: An American Memoir
  • Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
  • Glyph
  • The Village on the Edge of the World: Writing and Surviving in Ceausescu's Romania
  • Dog Days

Check out the trailer for Joyce Carol Oates/Ana de Armas collab Blonde.

By Dan Sheehan | July 28, 2022

From A Hard Day’s Night to This Is Spinal Tap: The Big Tent of Rock and Roll on Film

By Fred Goodman | July 28, 2022

The Most Impossible Art: Anime, Literature, and the New Aesthetic Imagination

By Lio Min | July 28, 2022

Meet Elinor Glyn, “Shocker of Grandmothers” and Founder of the Modern Sex Novel

Meet Elinor Glyn, “Shocker of Grandmothers” and Founder of the Modern Sex Novel

On the Author of the Most Widely Denounced Novel Published Before World War I

By Hilary A. Hallett | July 26, 2022

<em>Nope</em> is a Masterclass on Our Relationship to Entertainment

Nope is a Masterclass on Our Relationship to Entertainment

Olivia Rutigliano on Jordan Peele’s Rich New Sci-fi Film

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 22, 2022

Actually, Killing a Dog Was More Than Enough to Justify John Wick’s Revenge Quest

Actually, Killing a Dog Was More Than Enough to Justify John Wick’s Revenge Quest

“We love the dog, and every motherfucker who killed the dog should die.”

By Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman | July 22, 2022

Reckoning with the Memory of Jonas Mekas, Godfather of Avant-Garde Cinema

Reckoning with the Memory of Jonas Mekas, Godfather of Avant-Garde Cinema

“I saw no reason to doubt Mekas’s story: hadn’t he written it all down in his diaries and told it in his films?”

By Peter Delpeut | July 22, 2022

8 Women Directors from Around the World You Should Be Watching

8 Women Directors from Around the World You Should Be Watching

David Jenkins on Ava DuVernay, Isabel Sandoval, and More

By David Jenkins | July 21, 2022

How Madame Mao Remade Hollywood For Chinese Audiences

How Madame Mao Remade Hollywood For Chinese Audiences

Ying Zhu on Jiang Qing's Influence On Mid-Century Chinese Film

By Ying Zhu | July 21, 2022

Fun fact: Zadie Smith's younger brother is in the bad Austen adaptation.

Fun fact: Zadie Smith's younger brother is in the bad Austen adaptation.

By Emily Temple | July 20, 2022

« First‹ Previous464748495051525354Next ›Last »
Page 50 of 116
    • Finally, Moriarty is Getting His Own TV ShowMay 29, 2026 by Olivia Rutigliano
    • How Would Ian Fleming Write James Bond Today?May 29, 2026 by Kim Sherwood
    • The Top 10 Classic Detective Novels, According to Jeffrey ArcherMay 29, 2026 by Jeffrey Archer
    • The Things We Never Say
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Month
    • "As usual Strout manages to create scenes of intense intimacy in prose that feels as…"
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member

  • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.