The Cost Of Being Queen: ‘Mary’ Explores The Sacrifices Of Women In Power
Margot Robbie is Queen Elizabeth I in Mary Queen of Scots. “We re-examine history as a way of understanding what’s happening in our present time, and where we’re heading in the future,” she says.
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Jeeves And Wooster, But Make It A Modern Spy Novel
Ben Shott has taken the iconic P.G. Wodehouse comic characters (with the blessing of the Wodehouse estate) and twisted “five degrees to starboard” in his new novel Jeeves and the King of Clubs.
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Tell Them Of ‘Battles, Kings,’ And Michelangelo On The Bosporus
Mathias Énard’s novel — newly translated from French — imagines what would have happened if Michelangelo had accepted an offer from the Ottoman ruler to design a bridge across the Golden Horn.
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How 10 Orphans From eSwatini Helped Write A Prize-Winning Movie
In Liyana, filmmakers let kids make up the story. The hybrid documentary/animated film has earned prizes, raves — and a 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Is It Too Early for This?
Amy Kurzweil illustrates a funny list of things that it may or may not be too early for.
‘Well-Read Black Girl’ Turns Books Into Community
With her new anthology, Glory Edim says she wants to “capture the energy and vibrancy of what it means to be a black woman in the literary space.”
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