Jack Kerouac

Review: In 'Man of Steel,' Henry Cavill soars over an erratic plot

2013-06-12 14:30:00

"I can do things other people can't," the man says with becoming modesty, and can he ever. Cauterize deep wounds with a single glance, leap tall buildings in a single bound, things like that. Those rumors you've been hearing are true: Superman is back...

'Plimpton!' documentary looks at George Plimpton's lives

2013-06-04 05:00:00

George Plimpton's greatest story was his own life. There was very little the renowned journalist, writer and longtime editor of the literary journal the Paris Review didn't try. During a career that spanned the second half of the 20th century,...

Taylor Mead dies at 88; underground film legend and bohemian artist

2013-05-11 12:51:00

Taylor Mead, an underground cinema legend whose comic charm and sense of the surreal inspired Andy Warhol and other seminal figures in the alternative film world, died Wednesday in Denver. He was 88. A fixture of bohemian New York who was also a poet...

New releases: 'On the Road' seeks a style both poetic, realistic

2013-03-24 07:00:00

On the Road Available on VOD beginning Monday Director Walter Salles, screenwriter Jos� Rivera and producer Francis Ford Coppola have given themselves the almost-impossible task of adapting Jack Kerouac's beloved Beat Generation novel "On the Road," a...

Kristen Stewart's 'On the Road' heading back to theaters

2013-03-06 19:33:00

Even casual media consumers probably were aware of "On the Road," Walter Salles' adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel starring Kristen Stewart, in December.� That month, Stewart appeared on numerous TV programs, including "The Daily Show" and "The...

Sterling Lord shares insight, memories

2013-02-01 07:05:00

Without Sterling Lord, there would be no Jack Kerouac — not Kerouac as we know him, anyway, the writer who introduced the Beat Generation. Lord was a former magazine editor and fledgling literary agent working in a basement apartment in New York...

Your 2013 Sundance reading list

2013-01-23 15:31:00

The Sundance Film Festival is well under way, giving us a preview of the independent features that may soon be coming to screens near us. The mix is interesting and sexy this year, and includes a good share of auteurs who've both written and directed...

Kristen Stewart sorry for making people 'so angry,' she says

2012-12-19 11:15:00

Kristen Stewart is still sorry, folks. In a sweeping, general, you-still-don't-own-me sort of way. "I apologize to everyone for making them so angry," the actress told Newsweek, presumably referring to her "indiscretion" with married director Rupert...

'On the Road' toward mortality: A critic ponders Jack Kerouac

2012-12-27 07:00:00

Time is a key element in Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road." "We know time," the protagonist Dean Moriarty (based on Kerouac's friend Neal Cassady) mutters throughout the book, an invocation and a prayer. That's important for a couple of reasons: It...

Despite controversy, 'Zero Dark Thirty' soars in limited release

2012-12-23 13:20:00

The backlash in Washington over "Zero Dark Thirty" didn't reach the box office, as Kathryn Bigelow's CIA thriller got off to an excellent start in limited release. Playing in five theaters, the film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden grossed $410,000...

Great books they love to hate

2012-12-24 11:18:00

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you may likely make a New Year’s resolution related to books. You might announce that you will read a great book that’s defeated you before. “I will read ‘Ulysses’ this year,&...

'Hobbit' to again rule box office; 'Zero Dark Thirty' has big start

2012-12-20 13:57:00

On Wednesday, three Senate leaders condemned Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" for its "grossly inaccurate" portrayal of the events leading to the killing of Osama Bin Laden. But the controversy only seemed to make the well-reviewed picture even more...

Before he became a famous novelist of the counterculture, Jack Kerouac enlisted in the U.S Naval Reserve. He lasted through only 10 days of boot camp, spent more than two months in a psychiatric ward and then was deemed "unfit for service."

2013-05-26 08:57:46

Eight bucks gets you into this small museum stashed in a used book and record store.

2013-02-23 08:57:00

Love, travel, drugs and jazz intersect in this drama about young people (Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund) trying to soak up as much culture and inspiration and pleasure as possible. What's new: Some thought Jack Kerouac's seminal novel was unfilmable. Apparently not.

2012-12-27 14:47:00