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“Beautiful Boy,” From Book(s) to Movie

Rarely do two books equal one movie, but such is the math of “Beautiful Boy” starring Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet. It’s the story of one family’s battle with addiction, based on Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), the memoir by journalist David Sheff, and…
Joanna Poncavage
November 20, 2018
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“IT’S ALIVE:” 2 Frankenstein Books Celebrate Milestone

For 200 years, Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein has made its mark in both deep literary studies and its widely distributed commercial appeal in pop culture. We know many interpretations of Shelley's work through movies and TV shows, but these two collector's books, Vault of Frankenstein (becker&mayer!) and Rockport's Classics Reimagined Frankenstein (Quarto Knows) still…
Rebecca Proulx
October 31, 2018