Robert Louis Stevenson

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Review: Burke & Hare

Mediocre black comedy
Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis are only faintly humorous as the titular team of assassins, Burke and Hare .
By GERALD PEARY | November 29, 2011

Allysen Callery returns with Hobgoblin’s Hat
The only aspect of Allysen Callery's talents more impressive than her nimble, nylon-string finger-picking is her unmistakable voice.
By CHRIS CONTI | February 10, 2010

Looking deep inside

Jekyll finds the Hyde in all of us
"None of us," says Mr. Utterson, recalling the small group peering into Edward Hyde's dark flat, "wished to go inside."
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | October 21, 2009

Plain talk

Jesse Sheidlower gives the f-word its due
Jesse Sheidlower, an editor-at-large of the Oxford English Dictionary , an expert in slang, and the author of The F-Word , can't stop talking about fuck.
By JUSTINE ELIAS | September 15, 2009

(10) days of celluloid

From the gridiron to gritty realism at the Maine International Film Festival
Among the many treats at last year's Maine International Film Festival were a future Oscar winner (James Marsh's documentary Man on Wire ) and one of the biggest art-house hits of 2008 (Scandinavian teen-vampire flick Let the Right One In ).
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | July 08, 2009

Mr. Brooks

A film with a split-personality
The press notes for Bruce A. Evans’s thriller begin with a quote from Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde .
By BRETT MICHEL | May 30, 2007

Twice-drunk tales

Peaks author travels the world in search of alcohol
The best fiction is the work of an author inventing characters. The best non-fiction is the work of an author exploring real characters in the process of inventing themselves.
By LAYNE WITHERELL | September 20, 2006

Graham Greene’s last interview

A great writer condemns US interventionism
This article originally appeared in the June 28, 1991 issue of the Boston Phoenix .
By JOHN R. MACARTHUR | June 28, 2006