And, when Aviad read that passage, he had to try hard not to cry, too.

NEWYORKER: Creative Writing

As you can hear, this is a far cry from the jubilant crowds we left -- it's just hard to imagine -- two blocks away.

CNN: Savidge

Given how hard it is to get movies off the ground, why are so many adapted from works that cry out to be made into movies in the first place?

NEWYORKER: Nine