Maurice Sendak's Posthumous Tribute to Brother out Feb. 5

Maurice Sendak's Posthumous Tribute to Brother out Feb. 5

Beloved children’s book author Maurice Sendak has one last book for us. The Where the Wild Things Are creator died last year, but left us a new book. A combination of poetry and drawings, this new book is seen as a tribute to Sendak’s brother Jack and as a farewell to his audience. ...  read more

Found in: Books, News

This Week In News

This Week In News

A pop-culture news roundup for the week of May 7, 2012.   read more

Found in: Culture, News

Infographic: From the Mind of Maurice Sendak

Infographic: From the Mind of Maurice Sendak

Only a few days have passed since the death of beloved children's book illustrator and author Maurice Sendak. We're paying tribute with a breakdown of the characters in his books (from man-eating monsters to thrill-seeking terriers!).  read more

Found in: Blogs, 1000 Words

Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)

Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)

Maurice Sendak, beloved author and illustrator of children's books, including Where The Wild Things Are is dead at the age of 83, the New York Times reported this morning.  read more

Found in: Books, News

Where The Wild Things Are Author To Publish New Picture Book

<em>Where The Wild Things Are</em> Author To Publish New Picture Book

The Caldecott-winning author of Where The Wild Things Are is set to publish a new picture book from HarperCollins. Bumble-Ardy will serve as the first book from Maurice Sendak since 1981’s Outside Over There. The book first saw life in the early 1970s as an animated segment for Sesame Street....  read more

Found in: Books, News

Spike Jonze Doc on Maurice Sendak Hits DVD March 2

Spike Jonze Doc on Maurice Sendak Hits DVD March 2

Spike Jonze and Lance Bangs’ 40-minute doc on Maurice Sendak will hit DVD on March 2, the same day as Jonze’s interpretation of Where the Wild Things Are....  read more

Found in: Movies, News

Salute Your Shorts: Spike Jonze's Documentaries

Salute Your Shorts: Spike Jonze's Documentaries

Because he wears so many different hats, a lot of things come to mind when thinking of Spike Jonze...  read more

Found in: Movies, Features

Win Free Tickets to Where the Wild Things Are

Win Free Tickets to <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em>

The buzz for Spike Jonze's film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are has gone beyond deafening. For months, trailers and teaser trailers and interviews were released in drips and drabs, fed to the cinematically-enlightened public hungry for clues on the film based off the Maurice Sendak classic....  read more

Found in: Movies, News

The Call of the Wild Things

The Call of the Wild Things

Maurice Sendak’s 1963 children’s classic Where the Wild Things Are first struck critics and teachers as too dark for little darlings...  read more

Found in: Books, Features

Watch the New Where the Wild Things Are Trailer

Watch the New <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em> Trailer

For months, a teaser trailer was all that was available for the anticipated adaptation of one of the most popular children's books of the century. And if watching that initial teaser somehow wasn't enough to get you excited, watching this second, longer trailer for Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are will make you begin to understand what all the hype has been about. James Gandolfini is especially good doing the voice of Max's "wild thing" pal Carol....  read more

Found in: Movies, News
Festivalfever_300