Arts

by Paula Marcoux DISASTER CAN STRIKE even the best-prepared home cooks. In David Copperfield, Mr. Micawber Wilkins saved young Copperfield from no small amount of embarrassment using quick thinking, graciousness—and a grill. Pity poor…

“Gabriel” Rory Culkin stars as a mentally unstable youth convinced that tracking down his first love is the answer to his problems in director Lou Howe’s debut feature. by Dave Rooney Venue: Tribeca Film Festival (World Narrative…

by Elizabeth Weitzman Comedy—The Other Woman (April 25) A revenge comedy with the pacing of a rom-com, the latest from Nick Cassavetes (“The Notebook”) stars Cameron Diaz as a devoted girlfriend who finds out her perfect beau (Nikolaj…

DOES IT SEEM that reading a book is an old-fashioned practice for many young people? One that has given way to alternative, less-wordy pastimes like texting and tweeting? In actuality, young Americans are more likely to read a book than…

By Linda Sharp SEVERAL YEARS AGO I received an iPad through my then employer and immediately proceeded to nearly bankrupt myself purchasing e-books. The fact that I was just one quick password entry away from anything I wanted to read…

by Dave Marsh THE CINETOPIA International Film Festival features feature-length dramas, comedies, and documentaries from the world’s best film festivals (e.g. Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Berlin, SXSW, Tribeca, etc.). The festival…

by Jeremy Greenfield SAY GOODBYE TO the years of fast-paced ebook growth — at least for now. Ebook growth, once in the triple and double digits, with no signs of abating, slowed to a crawl in 2013. According to the latest numbers from…

by Mark Coker SMASHWORDS IS THE world’s largest distributor of self-published ebooks. The company has helped over 50,000 authors around the world publish and distribute over 200,000 ebooks to major retailers such as the Apple iBookstore,…

A HIGHER PROPORTION of U.S. adults are reading ebooks than ever before, according to new data from the Pew Internet & American Life project. Some 28 percent of Americans read an ebook last year, up from 23 percent in 2012. Even as…

by Rene Ghert-Zand We are fortunate that while Passover commemorates events of a very ancient era, we live in extremely modern times. As we rush around shopping and cooking for the holiday this year, we don’t even need to turn on our…