The youngest sister from Louisa May Alcott’s novel remains as spoiled as ever in the latest film adaptation. But she’s finally afforded the depth that’s missing from previous movies.
With remarkable clarity, Greta Gerwig’s adaptation establishes love and its complement, sacrifice, as mutually engaged emotions.
The absence of maids—exploited, largely invisible workers who decades ago made keeping a house in order look much easier—is one of the biggest reasons today’s middle-class families feel stretched for time.
Why is television using old settings to tell modern stories lately?
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It's a widespread problem.
"Poe-Boy Sandwich," anyone? Boston's newly inaugurated "Literary District" is the latest and most concerted attempt by a city to make a vacation destination out of dead authors' haunts.
Racking up mile after mile is difficult, mind-expanding, and hypnotic—just like putting words down on a page.