Hundreds of writers have signed an open letter condemning the candidacy of Donald Trump, who is the presumptive Republican nominee for the presidency. Writers Unite Against Trump Stephen King, Cheryl Strayed, Junot Diaz, Michael Chabon, Jennifer Egan, Tobias Wolff, Dave Eggers, Amy Tan, Richard Russo, Phillip Lopate and Ann Packer are among the writers who […]
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- 5/26/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Displaying a transparency that few filmmakers of his fame and / or caliber would even bother with, Steven Soderbergh has, for a couple of years, been keen on releasing lists of what he watched and read during the previous twelve months. If you’re at all interested in this sort of thing — and why not? what else are you even doing with your day? — the 2015 selection should be of strong interest, this being a time when he was fully enmeshed in the world of creating television.
He’s clearly observing the medium with a close eye, be it what’s on air or what his friends (specifically David Fincher and his stillborn projects) show him, and how that might relate to his apparent love of 48 Hours Mystery or approach to a comparatively light slate of cinematic assignments — specifically: it seems odd that the last time he watched Magic Mike Xxl, a...
He’s clearly observing the medium with a close eye, be it what’s on air or what his friends (specifically David Fincher and his stillborn projects) show him, and how that might relate to his apparent love of 48 Hours Mystery or approach to a comparatively light slate of cinematic assignments — specifically: it seems odd that the last time he watched Magic Mike Xxl, a...
- 1/6/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Each month, Boris Kachka offers nonfiction and fiction book recommendations, and you should read as many of them as possible. The Brothers, by Masha Gessen (Riverhead, April 7)The fearless Russian-American journalist brings equal parts sympathy and skepticism to the task of tracking the Tsarnaev family, from Russia’s Chechen enclaves to Cambridge and the Boston Marathon bombing. In her worldview, the shortcomings of the American system have as much to do with the atrocity as Russia’s brutality — to the extent that either can be held accountable for a senseless mass murder perpetrated by idiots. You don’t have to believe all of Gessen’s conclusions to find the journey both fascinating and illuminating on the hardships of life on the cultural margins. The Children’s Crusade, by Ann Packer (Scribner, April 7)Packer’s third novel forsakes the dramatic plot twists of her first two (The Dive From Clausen’s...
- 3/31/2015
- by Boris Kachka
- Vulture
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