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Michael Bishop obituary

Experimental science fiction writer who looked to distant worlds and ages to address eternal human concerns

The Guardian - UK

Shudder Just Quietly Released the Most Subversive Thriller of the Year

Thoughtful, disturbing, and strategically gross, this 2023 medical thriller is the smartest take on 'Frankenstein' yet.

Inverse

‘Young Frankenstein’ will have you screaming with laughter at Mercury Theater Chicago

Mel Brooks’ musical comedy is a seasonally fitting giggle fest wrought with cheesy double-entendres and monstrous puns.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Joffrey Ballet tells ‘Frankenstein’ story with menace and beauty

In Chicago premiere of the late Liam Scarlett’s adaptation, Jonathan Dole powerfully conveys the hurt, twisted emotions and deep humanity of the creature brought back to life.

Chicago Sun-Times

What is intelligence? For millennia, western literature has suggested it may be a liability

In the age of the Anthropocene, humanity appears poised to destroy itself.

The Conversation

Salty Brine at Soho Theatre review – an extraordinarily beautiful monster mash-up

The New York cabaret darling’s show knits together The Smiths and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Evening Standard

Robert De Niro at 80: his best films

On the eve of the actor’s 80th birthday, delve into his epic back catalogue, which runs the gamut from Taxi Driver and Meet the Parents to Falling in Love

The Guardian - UK

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Of Thomas Hardy and PJ Harvey: on the trail of Dorset’s inspirational powers

The county’s people, landscapes and villages have provided material for generations of writers, prompting not only great literature but social reform

The Guardian - UK

Frankenstein producer teases Guillermo del Toro's "emotional" take on Mary Shelley tale

Del Toro's longtime collaborator said the Netflix adaptation will finish off the filmmaker's unofficial "father trilogy"

Total Film

'Sapiens' author warns that A.I. could erode trust and kill all democracies

He wants to impose strict penalties on developers of runaway A.I.

Fortune

Julian Sands obituary

Actor whose blond hair and fine-boned looks saw him cast equally as dandy, devil or – in A Room With a View – heart-throb

The Guardian - UK

National Portrait Gallery reopening review – a magnificent reinvention

After three years, the gallery opens its (new) doors to reveal a brilliant transformation that includes a luminous show on a British pioneer of colour photography

The Guardian - UK

Twice in a lifetime: would you dare meet your doppelgänger?

Eva Wiseman on the enduring fascination of discovering a lookalike – and also the darker side of seeing double

The Guardian - UK

Elle Fanning to star alongside Timothee Chalamet in Bob Dylan biopic

She'll play Dylan's early '60s love interest

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The Guardian - UK

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup

The Ferryman by Justin Cronin; More Perfect by Temi Oh; Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway; Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward; Our Hideous Progeny by CE McGill

The Independent UK

From 'Psycho' to a new crop of horror movies, the genre has some mommy issues

A crop of new horror movies explores a classic scary theme: Mommy

Cinemablend

30 Horror Movies That Are Over 90% On Rotten Tomatoes

According to their high Rotten Tomatoes score, these are some of the greatest horror movies of all time.

WhatToWatch

What were the Jeopardy! Masters Final Jeopardy questions on May 8?

Missed Jeopardy! Masters? We've got the Final Jeopardy questions from the May 8 episode of the trivia tournament.

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The Guardian - AU

Frankenstein’s warning: the too-familiar hubris of today’s technoscience

Technology presuming to recreate humanity is central to Mary Shelley’s masterpiece. It is more relevant today than ever

The New Daily

The ugly truth about Frankenstein’s monster: He came to life as a stud-muffin hunk

Frankenstein's monster started out not looking so bad, according to the first illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's classic novel. The 1832 volume is on

The National (Scotland)

Frankenstein is a monster of a classic deserving of a proper re-read

AS March, or UK women’s history month, draws to a close, it’s the perfect time to look at a woman writer of the past who wrote a work widely…

The Conversation

Why thousands of volunteers are transcribing the notebooks of the scientist who inspired Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) is usually remembered as the inventor of a revolutionary miner’s safety lamp. But his wild popularity came as much from his influence on popular culture as it did from his contributions to chemistry and applied science.

The Conversation

Bram Stoker's Dracula: bats, garlic, disturbing sexualities and a declining empire

In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature.

Salon

Zombies abound in nature

Far from mere fiction, the animal world is full of examples of actual "zombies" — depending on your definition

Salon

The queerness of the Final Girl & horror

Shudder's "Queer for Fear" boss hopes the docuseries will "activate the rebel" to fight homophobia through horror

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