by mike | Oct 22, 2020 | Books, Films About Writers, Movies, Non-Fiction, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
The famous White Whale of literature is grounded in fact. This post first ran in 2017. Okay, calling this 2015 historical adventure a film about a writer may be a reach. Then again, one of the primary characters is Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick, so it may not...
by mike | Aug 27, 2020 | Books, Editing, Films About Books, Films About Writers, Movies, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
Was renowned writer Thomas Wolfe a stable genius? This post first ran in 2016. With regard to the 2016 biographical drama, Genius, I could have added “Films About Editors” to my blog as a new series. But really, how many films have book editors, such as the legendary...
by mike | Aug 13, 2020 | Books, Films About Writers, Movies, Museums, Uncategorized, Writing |
Hardly seen by anyone, this film is an excellent study of a great writer. I first presented the post in 2016. I first saw this 2016 film six months ago, during a limited release in the U.S. I’m talking real limited—hardly in any theaters, and in most cases for no...
by mike | Jul 23, 2020 | Books, Bookstores, Editing, Films About Books, Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
Reading horror novels could be hazardous to your health. 😊 This post first ran in 2016. It is pretty well accepted that reading books can influence people in many ways, both positively and negatively. But can they drive readers to madness and murder? In the Mouth of...
by mike | May 7, 2020 | Books, Editing, Films About Writers, Movies, Publishing, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
Where there are writers, there are words. I first presented this post in 2016. Actually, I could have categorized the 2012 romantic drama, The Words, as a film about a writer writing about a writer—who’s writing about another writer. With a top-notch cast that...
by mike | Mar 19, 2020 | Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
My old pal Edgar was, uh, a rather complex individual (he said, by way of understatement). This post first ran in 2016. Okay, I’ll stay on my Edgar Allan Poe kick for one more week. The 2012 film, The Raven, is not about Poe’s classic poem, but about Poe himself—more...
