‘Once you have fear, you need to find courage to survive.’ – Tomi Ungerer, legendary children’s author (among other things) and the subject of the documentary, Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story. Director/writer/producer Brad Bernstein does something fun with his subject – he gets him to tell his own story and then […]
Tag: Maurice Sendak
MOVIE REVIEW: Where the Wild Things Are – Let the Wild Rumpus Begin!
Spike Jonez’s Where the Wild Things Are does what was thought to be impossible: it turns a forty page book with barely ten sentences [fifty-nine words] into a lovely, scary, fun film. Maurice Sendak’s children’s book treats children as though they are intelligent, perceptive and enjoy a good scare. He doesn’t underestimate kids – and […]