Julieta

Almodóvar tracks the stages of a woman's life

"...of three short stories written by Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro, each focusing on a woman named Juliet Henderson..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Away From Her

Based on a short story by Alice Munro and confidently directed by actress-turned-director Sarah Polley, this drama starring the stunning-as-ever Julie Christie is a penetrating story about love's mysteries.

"...short story, "The Bear Came Over the Mountain," by Alice Munro, the film retains the author's concise observations and..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...– due to a classic of fantastic storytelling called Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Big Books

Gift guide

"...Runawayby Alice Munro..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Books Feature by Marrit Ingman

Ourshelves

Dao Strom and Elvia Padilla-Medal, front women for All Night Lincoln

"...ago, they have shared books by such authors as Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant, and Virginia Woolf -- authors who..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Books Feature by Kate Cantrill

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 8-14

"..."Few people have a treasure," writes Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro. She's speaking metaphorically, of course – not referring..."

May 15, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Was It Good for You?

The year in books

"...and high-wire flurries of cultural signifying to dig into. Alice Munro's Too Much Happiness: Stories (Knopf) tucks into a..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...America: Stories by Lorrie Moore 6. Open Secrets by Alice Munro 7. The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...by Gish Jen 7. In the Gloaming: Stories by Alice Elliot Dark (Official publication date is January 2000, but..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

Person of Interest

Meg Wolitzer's latest book tracks six characters through three decades of friendship

"...say. The day after we spoke, however, Canadian writer Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature for her..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature by Amy Gentry

From the Vaults: Good Golly, Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley writes and directs her second film, 'Take This Waltz'

"...That Away From Her, which is based on an Alice Munro short story, takes complicated emotions and turns them..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Screens Post

Alan Hollinghurst Untrammeled

On 'the very boring lives of slightly strange people'

"...Hollinghurst cites the interconnected stories in Alice Munro's Runaway as an influence, saying, “It was one..."

Oct. 26, 2011 Books Post by Sarah Smith

The Mother Who Stayed

Furman blocks together stories of incredible grace and heft from materials as humble as they come: the dips and turns of family life

"...of Oprah's Book Club, but the delivery is all Alice Munro, a clear-eyed account of the regrets that swell..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Books Review by Sarah Smith

News/Print

UT nets the papers of Liz Smith and Jim Crace, BookWoman's back in business, an O.Henry twofer, book-cart drill-team madness, and what's this about a new Books blog?

"...hits stands on May 8, with contributing authors like Alice Munro, Ha Jin, and Edward P. Jones. We're still..."

May 9, 2008 Books Column by Kimberley Jones

The Latest in Paper

"...fiction. I far prefer the reality-based fictions of an Alice Munro or a William Trevor to the playful and..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...love her mind"), The Fig Eater by Jody Shields, Alice Munro ("of course"), and William Maxwell...."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

I Know Some Things: Stories About Childhood by Contemporary Writers

"...would take a cruel reader to take umbrage with Alice Munro and Jamica Kincaid. But reading this collection in..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Books Review by Stacy Bush

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...Decade 1. Selected Stories by Alice Munro 2. Birds of America: Stories by Lorrie Moore..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

In Person

Ann Beattie

"...the ones Norton chooses to anthologize in its collections. Alice Munro tops her list of writers she currently admires,..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature

Wild Tales

Anthology film from Argentina finds the dark humor in six revenge stories

"...tale in the sextet is self-contained, crafted in the Munro short-story tradition (both H.H. and Alice) of ordinary people..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Man Who Loved Little Girls

"...therefore, to make people nervous. At the same time, Alice in Wonderland is one of the most quoted books..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Bart Johnson, Shireen Lai, with Yancy Butler, and Lochlyn Munro (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Paul! Cast List: Tom Meeten, Katherine Parkinson, Kris Marshall, Alice Lowe, Mandeep Dhillon, Johnny Vegas, Steve Oram, Craig Parkinson,..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...126min/color, DCP) John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Sessue Hayakawa, and Tommy Kirk. Directed by Ken Annakin...."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...Turbo Kid Director/Screenwriter: RKSS Collective In a post-apocalyptic future,..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker