is based on an acclaimed novel by Markus Zusak, adapted capably for the screen by Michael Petroni. The film is nicely directed by Brian Percival and boasts simply gorgeous images from director of ...

Markus Zusak’s seminal novel “The Book Thief” is a potent work of Holocaust fiction for young adults that should be read alongside “The Diary of Anne Frank” and Elie Wiesel’s “Night.” Like any film ...

Narrated, like the international best-seller upon which it is based, by Death (Roger Allam), “The Book Thief” has been derided as Holocaust kitsch by some. But I dare you not to be swept up in this ...

Geoffrey Rush stars in this deleted scene in %22The Book Thief%22 Rush%27s Hans refuses to join the Nazi party%2C which leads to pressure in this scene. %22The Book Thief%22 is out on Blu-Ray and DVD ...

Any novel that sits on best-seller lists for more than six years is an inevitable candidate for a big-screen adaptation. So perhaps it’s no surprise that there’s a dutiful feel to Brian Percival’s ...

Geoffrey Rush’s breakthrough performance was his portrayal of the pianist David Helfgott in the 1996 film “Shine,” for which he won the Oscar for lead actor. Seventeen years later, he finds himself ...

Successful young-adult novels more often then not involve vampires, magic, sci-fi or fantasy worlds. The beloved 2006 international best-seller ‘The Book Thief’ by Markus Zusak instead relies on the ...

Running time/rating: 2:11, PG-13 for some violence and intense depiction of thematic material. Rarely has a story about an angelic schoolgirl been narrated by Death. But such is the case in the dark ...

Markus Zusak's The Book Thief is about a young girl struggling to survive in war-torn Europe in the 1940s. But the novel's grim, all-knowing narrator is Death who better to recount bombings, battles ...

Successful young-adult novels more often then not involve vampires, magic, sci-fi or fantasy worlds. The beloved 2006 international best-seller “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak instead relies on the ...

Successful young-adult novels more often then not involve vampires, magic, sci-fi or fantasy worlds. The beloved 2006 international best-seller “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak instead relies on the ...

Successful young-adult novels more often then not involve vampires, magic, sci-fi or fantasy worlds. The beloved 2006 international best-seller “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak instead relies on the ...