Bonnie Jo Campbell is a former National Book Award finalist and author of the novels " Once Upon a River " and " The Waters .

At one point in The Summer Book, Charlie McDowell's infinitely gentle adaptation of Tove Jansson's novel about a small girl, ...

Charlie McDowell's 'The Summer Book' is a melancholic intergenerational drama about the finality of life and death.

"On an island everything is complete..." There's a little film playing on the festival circuit this fall (including at AFI ...

Eight-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close's latest project, The Summer Book, had its US premiere at the AFI Film Festival. Robert Jones adapted the film ...

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As an octogenarian grandmother, Close is vital in locating the contrast between belonging and independence in Charlie ...

By Wilson Wong John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political forces surrounding one of the greatest pieces of music ever created.

Indeed, “The Summer Book” is a film mostly besotted with the craggly pebble beaches, pine-needle carpets and stonewashed skies of its landscape, all exquisitely shot by the great Norwegian ...

Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

By David Rooney Chief Film Critic A lovely intergenerational moment toward the end of Charlie McDowell’s The Summer Book captures the restorative magic of its atmospheric setting on a tiny ...

At one point in The Summer Book, Charlie McDowell’s infinitely gentle adaptation of Tove Jansson’s novel about a small girl, her father and grandmother spending the short Finnish summer on one ...