A couple of months ago, my sister called me in a panic. Not the casual “something’s wrong with my laptop” kind of panic. The kind where you already know the answer is going to hurt. She had ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Peter Jackson, the visionary filmmaker who adapted author J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy for the big screen in the ...

Tolkien megafan Stephen Colbert will write the script for a new Lord of the Rings film, and Peter Jackson provides some updates on The Hunt for Gollum.

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. My house contains a vaguely defined room—a parlor-like space that was created by a renovation decades ...