Smith College Professor Michael Thurston uncovers how one influential critic helped shape the early American literary landscape As difficult as it might be to believe today, there wasn’t much support ...

Word of the Day: Quiddity meaning is the essential nature of something. It answers the question, what makes a thing what it is. Quiddity pronunciation is KWID-ih-tee. The word comes from Latin ...

The new Star Trek spinoff, Starfleet Academy, has had a controversial launch, and I have been one of its harshest critics; ...

English director and screenwriter Emerald Fennell brings her visually striking, provocative style to “Wuthering Heights,” a 2026 film adaptation of one of literary history’s most beloved Gothic ...

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The Florida House passed for a second year in a row a bill to define how school library materials may be “harmful to minors.” ...

Síle Seoige, 46, grew up in Spiddal, Co Galway. In 1998, she began broadcasting aged 19, anchoring a film show on TG4 called Hollywood Anocht. She started working with RTÉ in 2004, presenting ...

A new movie of “Wuthering Heights” by feminist director Emerald Fennell grapples with the Catherine and Heathcliff Problem.

The Geffen Playhouse presents the world premiere of Beth Hyland's 'Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia,' directed by Jo Bonney.

The actor and director reflect on the long, strange, and steamy journey of their buzzy and beloved gay, BDSM, biker movie.

The Heritage Foundation suggests going to historic sites like battlefields, presidential museums, and the homes of ...

New Binondo Chinatown Arch, Manila Founded in 1594 as a Chinese settlement under Spanish rule, Binondo has evolved into a ...