In these essays and interviews, Sontag was concerned with both limiting and expanding the scope of the battle against sexism The great French writer Colette once speculated that “certain highly ...

The Sarajevo Film Festival, now 30 years old, grew out of underground screenings during the siege of the city. Those roots still define the event’s character. By Beatrice Loayza Is it a sign of ...

In the mid-1970s, director Kathryn Bigelow entered the graduate film program at Columbia University to earn her master's ...

NEW YORK (AP) _ Book reviewers announce their favorites Thursday night during the annual ceremony for the National Book Critics Circle prizes at New School University. Nominees include a 3,300-page ...

Susan Sontag, who died yesterday at the age of 71, was a contentious essayist and novelist, best known for her cultural criticism, which ranged widely from discussions of literary masterpieces to ...

Tthe 71-year-old novelist and screenwriter, achieved international acclaim for formally daring books like “Satantango” and ...

Feb. 10 (UPI) --Kristen Stewart has signed up for another biopic. The former Twilight star who portrayed '60s actress Jean Seberg in 2019's Seberg and Princess Diana in 2021's Spencer, is now going to ...

Alert the literati — Susan Sontag is getting a biopic and Kristen Stewart is set to play the late writer-provocateur. Stewart, who is no stranger to portraying influential women, has been cast in ...

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Susan Sontag's new book, "Regarding the Pain of Others" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), offers her view of the role photographs and video of terrorism, war and suffering play in our lives. Early years: ...