Jurassic World: Why the Least Believable Character is not Indominus Rex
By Amanda Festa Jurassic World is a fantastically fun movie and anyone who wants to escape life and the heat for a few hours should…
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Who Was The Real Don Draper? Literary Traveler Investigates
By Alex Nicoll Don Draper is one of the most distinctive characters in the history of American television. From his slicked hair to his seemingly bottomless glass…
Why I Love Biographies, Even If They’re Not Great: ‘Fire and Rain: The James Taylor Story’
By Antoinette Weil. Fire and Rain is one of the most memorable and well known James Taylor songs, and is also the title of Ian…
Love in Graphics: Reviewing Brian K. Vaughan’s Epic ‘Saga’
By Alina Sutherland Saga Vol. 1 opens with a singular image of a woman’s face. Her teeth clenching together, sweat pops off her forehead and…
The 2015 Literary Fauxscars: The Results are In!
Every year, the staff of Literary Traveler has a lot of fun watching and discussing the year’s best (and not-so-great) literary adaptations. From contemporary fiction…
Current Events and the Big Screen: ‘Rosewater’ and the Arab Spring
By Haley Houseman. Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show encourages us to take our current events with both seriousness and levity, but the crux of his directorial…
‘American Sniper’ and the Problem of Adapting Memoir
By Antoinette Weil As American Sniper settles into the throne of top-grossing war movie of all time, the controversy surrounding the film has yet to cease. Cries…
The Hundred-Foot Journey: Comforts of Food and Home
By Haley Houseman The Hundred-Foot Journey is as much about the homes we carry with us, as it is about the food and culture that…
The Theory of Everything: An Imperfect Romance of Love and Science
By Alex Nicoll The Theory of Everything begins with a scene of Stephen Hawking riding a bicycle. This image is all foreshadowing: of Stephen’s impending…
Following ‘Inherent Vice’ Down the Rabbit Hole
By Amanda Festa “What goes around may come around, but it never ends up exactly the same place, you ever notice? Like a record on…