It's an oft-repeated story: If you write to author Judy Blume, she just might write back. And when filmmaker Kelly Fremon Craig wrote to her, it changed everything. It’s an oft-repeated story: if you ...

“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is a classic coming-of-age tale, but the Judy Blume book receives the ageless treatment it deserves in a movie that captures the 1970 vibe (starting with the ...

Director Kelly Fremon Craig discusses the challenge of putting visuals to the Judy Blume novel readers have had in their heads for decades. The story of “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” remains ...

"I really didn't want it to be too neat and tidy. My own adolescence was a mess and I was a mess," says the director of her adaptation of the beloved Judy Blume book, out via Lionsgate. By Mia Galuppo ...

I reread Judy Blume's book with my 12-year-old and was surprised by how current it still is. It made us have conversations about religion at a time when there's been an uptick in antisemitism. My ...

When the lights go down on the new adaptation of Judy Blume's middle-grade classic Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, one of the first things you see is a note about the year in which the film is ...

Judy Blume's young-adult novel "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" packs enough pre-teen drama in less than 200 pages to make an attention-grabbing film,but a few script changes add more zest to ...

Judy Blume’s 1970 novel hits the big screen at a difficult political moment for a story with themes of bodily autonomy and religious choice. By Melena Ryzik There is a moment that has happened ...

On the pecking order of people in society we take seriously, teenage girls come dead last. Raging with hormones and newly learning how to battle the pressures of the patriarchy, they are perceived as ...

When was the first time you realized you were a woman? Was it when you got your first period? Was it when you had your first heartbreak? Was it when you were in ninth grade and the unibrowed kid on ...

Legendary author Judy Blume has written 29 books and swore the only one she would never consider selling for the screen was 1970’s Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, her timeless coming-of-age ...