By Liza Monroy |
These days, essayist Annabelle Gurwitch (
You’re Leaving When?, Counterpoint, Apr.) appreciates writing that offers closure. “With the pandemic, everything’s taking so much longer,” she says. “It seems harder to complete tasks, but reading essays and short stories, I get that beginning, middle, and end experience.”
Personal essays in particular can offer a welcome sense of connection with the writer, say other practitioners of the form. “One of the things I miss most about having a social life is meeting a new friend, or reconnecting with an old one,” says Melissa Febos (
Girlhood, Bloomsbury, Mar.). “The best essays give me that feeling.”
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Concept Art Shows More Of The Emperor, Exegol, And KOTR Easter Eggs
ILM has shared some new concept art from
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, finally revealing the work that went into creating the resurrected Emperor Palpatine and
Knights of the Old Republic Easter Eggs.
JoshWilding |
12/16/2020
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was released to mostly negative reviews this time last year, and that was mostly due to the frantic nature of the final instalment of the Skywalker Saga. Heavy on fan service, but a movie that never really gave viewers chance to catch their breath, it s not unfair to say
STAR WARS Creator George Lucas Defends The Pretty Corny Dialogue In The Prequel Trilogy
Among other things, the highly divisive
Star Wars prequel trilogy is known for some pretty damn horrendous dialogue, and creator George Lucas has now defended some of those howlers during a new interview.
RorMachine |
12/15/2020
Even the most staunch defenders of the
Star Wars prequels would have to admit that the trilogy is rife with eye-rollingly awful dialogue, with Anakin (Hayden Christensen) and Padme (Natalie Portman) the primary perpetrators.
Now, the man who created the galaxy far, far away has defended the pretty corny exchanges while being interviewed for Paul Duncan s newly-released book