It might seem hard to describe The Giver without revealing some of those plot points that touchy suspense fans call "spoilers." But this brisk, deftly art-directed parable is basically unspoilable.

Sci-Fi Drama. Starring Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep. Directed by Philip Noyce. (PG-13. 94 minutes.) In the post-apocalypse, order is all-important. We know this, not only because ...

Like a lot of kids, the first time I read The Giver by Lois Lowry was right on cusp of adolescence, during that murky summer between 5th and 6th grade when you suddenly became responsible for some of ...

Adolescence is a time of disorienting hurt and pain, which makes it a perpetually popular cinematic trope. Yet one of its potentially longest-lasting injuries has hardly been explored onscreen: the ...

Perri Nemiroff is the 2025 Press Award winner at the ICG Publicists Awards. She's the senior producer at Collider where she hosts and produces the interview series, Collider Ladies Night, a show ...

Chappell Roan’s “The Giver” is a big hit on Billboard's country charts, though it has yet to be picked up by country radio in a meaningful way. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 25: Chappell Roan ...

Outside of the Angelina Jolie action film Salt, all the hits on Australian helmer Phillip Noyce‘s resume are book adaptations. That ranges from his breakout hit Dead Calm to Patriot Games, Clear And ...

Just for a second, imagine a world without war, conflict or grief. Refreshing, right? But it's also a world without memory, at least in the premise of Lois Lowry's 1993 novel The Giver. The movie ...

The Giver's greatest strength is Lois Lowry's wonderful 1993 book, a dystopian fable for children about everything a model community loses with suppression of emotion and pain. But it is also its ...

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