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Maurice Sendak

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Top Five Food-Themed Children's Books

    ​With a glut of adult food memoirs on the market, it's easy to forget that some children's book rank among the best culinary literature. Here are my Top Five Food-Themed Children's Books. 5. Stone Soup (Marcia Brown). A wonderful lesson in collective cooking, Stone Soup recounts how visiting ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2010

    Where the Wild Things Are

    Fantasy is the best revenge

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Taking In the Freak Scene at Fun Fun Fun Fest

    Photos by Craig Hlavaty​ While we go to festivals such as Fun Fun Fun Fest because we enjoy great music, we are also fans of the sorts of people who attend these events. We're people-watchers at heart, so we frequently engage in a bit of amateur sociological research in between sets. At South by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Pop Rocks: Tips For Strip-Mining Our Childhoods

    ​Spike Jonze's live-action version of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are led the box office this weekend, grossing over $32 million. Last month, another children's book adaptation, Sony Pictures' version of Judi and Ron Barrett's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, scored similar numbers f ... More >>

  • Film

    October 15, 2009

    Let the Mild Rumpus Start!

    Spike Jonze can't quite get the spirit of the Wild Things on screen.

  • News

    October 1, 2009
  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Attention Hipsters: Where the Wild Things Are Coming to Theaters Near You

    ​Okay, skinny-jeans-wearing early twentysomethings with dirty hair, get ready to stand in line at the movie theater and reminisce about your youth (a.k.a. last year) because the film version of Where the Wild Things Are is due out in theaters in mid-October. OMFG!Apparently this movie is an event ... More >>

  • Film

    June 9, 2005

    Dream Child

    Robert Rodriguez and his kids conjure up a charming 3-D fantasy

  • Culture

    February 5, 2004

    Magic Show

    Mozart and Maurice make a fine combo

  • Calendar

    January 29, 2004

    Now That's Commedia

    Classic stories are made even more classic

  • Calendar

    May 1, 2003

    By the Wayside

    This weird school will wow kids

  • Dining

    May 9, 2002
  • Film

    November 1, 2001

    Boo Who?

    Monsters, Inc. opens the door to a world so good it's scary

  • Culture

    December 11, 1997

    New Faces, Old Dance

    Monsters, Inc. opens the door to a world so good it's scary

  • Calendar

    November 13, 1997

    Press Picks

    Monsters, Inc. opens the door to a world so good it's scary

  • Culture

    October 30, 1997

    Scary Stories

    HGO conjures up a frightfully good Hansel and Gretel

  • Calendar

    October 23, 1997

    Press Picks

    HGO conjures up a frightfully good Hansel and Gretel

  • Culture

    May 1, 1997

    A Magical Flute

    Gerald Scarfe gives Mozart's opera a fanciful new look

  • Culture

    May 30, 1996

    New Shapes

    Gerald Scarfe gives Mozart's opera a fanciful new look

  • Calendar

    January 25, 1996

    Press Picks

    Gerald Scarfe gives Mozart's opera a fanciful new look

  • Culture

    December 7, 1995

    A Prince in Disguise

    Gerald Scarfe gives Mozart's opera a fanciful new look

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