Brian Selznick

Martin Scorsese's Hugo: A Delight for Kids and Grownups Alike

Monica Edinger | Posted 01.25.2012

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Monica Edinger

I was skeptical when I first heard that Martin Scorcese was taking on Brian Selznick's award-winning book The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Its original mix of text and illustration had me all the more dubious; how on earth would that unique reading experience translate to film?

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Movie Review: Hugo

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.23.2012

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Marshall Fine

Hugo is transporting, a smart and imaginative treat that would make a great double-feature with Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist. Put it on your holiday movie list.

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Go To Scorcese's Hugo... Movie Review

Carole Mallory | Posted 01.22.2012

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Carole Mallory

Oh, my, what visual splendor. A treat for the Holidays. Hugo is a film about the importance of purpose. This movie is a 3D homage to the early days ...

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Brian Selznick's Wonderstruck

Monica Edinger | Posted 11.13.2011

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Monica Edinger

Set in different time periods, these tales of a mysterious girl and an unhappy boy twist and twirl around each other in nature, in museums, in New York City, finally coming together in a dramatic, moving, and satisfying ending.

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What's A Bigger Innovation Than eBooks?

Sammy Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sammy Perlmutter

eReaders, don't approach the level of invention or edification that the wordless book does. Are eBooks changing the way we read stories, or are they merely changing the way we receive them?

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Martin Scorsese To Make Movie Of 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret'

The Guardian | Xan Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin Scorsese is in talks to make a film of Brian Selznick's prize-winning children's book, about a young boy in a 1930s Paris railway station strug...

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