From pastoral folk to thunderous metal, explore 17 legendary tracks that successfully translated J.R.R. Tolkien’s ...

A new website from the Tolkien estate includes some previously unpublished artwork by the fantasy author. J.R.R. Tolkien, Mithrim (1920s), detail. This pastel landscape of Lake Mithrim in the land of ...

An overlooked line from the novel version of The Lord of the Rings revealed a tragic aspect of Aragorn's personality.

Like so many people, I’ve read The Lord of the Rings and watched the movies and appreciated the elaborate world-building of J ...

When most people read J.R.R. Tolkien, they get swept up in mythical worlds of hobbits and elves, harrowing journeys in fantastical lands and epic battles of good and evil. But Walter Judd says he got ...

Today's resolution of the litigation between New Line Cinema and the estate of author J.R.R. Tolkien (right) over "The Lord of the Rings” trilogy is shaping up as one of the biggest profit ...

Tolkien described The Lord of the Rings as “a fundamentally religious and Catholic work.” Is it possible to summarize this dimension of Tolkien’s magnum opus in fewer than 600 words? You better ...

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BOSTON — In just a few days, Tolkienites around the world will flock to movie theaters for the second installment of Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” trilogy, called “The Desolation of Smaug.” As with its ...

The work of J.R.R. Tolkien is an astoundingly detailed achievement unmatched by any other fantasy author in history. It’s too bad that the biopic Tolkien doesn’t even have half the passion that the ...