Critic salutes movie mothers from Ma Joad to Mrs Bates
Film writer Richard Corliss surveys mothers in cinema from silent era to modern times. He argues mother movies thin out as action and fantasy rise, with examples from Anna Karenina to Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath. Essays by Reynolds Fisher Saint Douglas Hedren and Robards offer views on motherhood in film.
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Thunderstruck stories stun with sharp emotional punches
Elizabeth McCracken's new collection lands with swift, powerful stories that haunt pasts in the present. Ghosts of loss and memory recur in "Something Amazing" and "Property" as characters edge toward revelation, while a cautious optimism hints beneath hardship.
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