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Imagine molding your perfect mate. That’s what happens in “Blob: A Love Story,” the debut novel from Maggie Su, whose ...

"Steven Soderbergh has made some big films" over the course of his career, from "Ocean's Eleven" to "Erin Brockovich", said ...

Rumaan Alam’s “Entitlement,” Ian Frazier’s “Paradise Bronx” and Lisa Ko’s “Memory Piece” are among 14 finalists for the ...

A Ghost story is a brand new piece by Danny Robins and it sure feels like one. It tackles the themes of seen and unseen, ...

Even the names in "The Woman in Black" are creepy and chilling: Spider, Crythin Gifford, Eel Marsh House. Milwaukee Repertory ...

By Jennifer Szalai It’s among the more playful matters on his mind in “Shattered,” a memoir of the injury that took away his ability to turn pages — but not his hunger to tell a story.

Played as a ghost story from the perspective of the ghost, “Presence” sticks to its conceit, with scenes presented through slow, gliding camera pushes and long, unbroken cuts. The naturalistic scene ...

With that in mind, here are five all-time ghost movie classics, in case the other five in this story weren’t enough to cure your paranormal curiosity. Kwaidan is unique on this list in that it ...

“Presence” is not the first big-screen ghost story to subvert viewers’ expectations. The genre has, in fact, inspired more than a few unpredictable, jaw-droppingly inventive movies. Here are ...

The writer Christopher Isherwood put it this way, in his novel “Goodbye to Berlin”: “I am a camera with its shutter open, ...