MOST of the action in “Where the Wild Things Are” takes place on an island of monsters, who roar their terrible roars and gnash their terrible teeth and, above all, try to work out their ...

He finds a boat and sets sail, finally arriving in the land of the wild things. This is where Jonze unleashes his considerable creativity. The beasts are recognizable from Sendak’s pages ...

Taking advantage of the beasts’ general forlornness and evident ... By the time everyone calms down, however, it dawns that these big wild things are just like people — in fact, rather too ...

Last week’s No. 1 movie, “Where the Wild Things Are,” may have fallen behind two pre-Halloween horror flicks this weekend, but the big-budget adaptation of Maurice Sendak‘s classic ...

“Where the Wild Things Are is Maurice’s most renowned ... a jungle island inhabited by wild beasts who befriend him and proclaim him their king. No timeline has been set for the New Victory ...

The theme for this occasion was “Bal des Sauvages,” or, as the invitation translated, “A Ball of Beasts,” a call back to the famous Bal des Sauvages thrown by King Charles VI of France in ...

Where the Wild Things Are is number one on BBC Culture's poll of the greatest children's books. Imogen Carter explores its appeal. Accepting the coveted Caldecott medal in 1964, an annual award ...

At the age of 15, Noël Coward was staying in an English country house and found a copy of Beasts and Super-Beasts ... an observation about a crippled wild crane that became domesticated in ...