Claire Danes’s wig caught fire and Winona Ryder put it out; Christian Bale taught castmates the “Newsies” dances; and studio executives were shocked, shocked that a girls’ tale worked. By Ashley ...

As an undergraduate preparing to write a thesis on 19th-century American girls’ literature, I read many so-called sentimental novels. Most were written by women for a female audience, and nearly all ...

It’s odd to begin a review of a movie based on a work as familiar as “Little Women” with a warning about spoilers, but one of the most original inspirations that Greta Gerwig, as writer and director, ...