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Unpacking the Literary References Informing ‘Mad Men’ Season 6
Everything in ‘Mad Men’ is freighted with meaning — so here’s what we’re gleaning from the featured books and author quotes.
Authorial Intrigue Informs Success of ‘Before Midnight’ and Recent Cannes Deals
With deals for ‘Suite Francais’ and ‘Ali and Nino,’ this fixation on an artist’s backstory seems to be sticking around.
Divorce Courting: Q&A with ‘What Maisie Knew’ Directors David Siegel and Scott McGehee
W&F spoke with the filmmakers about the challenges and rewards involved in capturing the painful, pivotal point in a child’s life she’ll undoubtedly return to endlessly.
The Foodie Revolution Has Been Televised – and Now It’s Headed for Theaters with Dueling ‘Chef’ Projects
Things are about to get a whole lot more confusing after this week’s news that the most recent foodie films to hit studio slates shares the same name: ‘Chef.’
Angelina Jolie Joins a Growing Canon of Candid Cancer Storytelling
As we all digest Jolie’s op-ed, learn more about the BRCA experience from one of these memoirs from women who went through it also.
The Best of Cannes 2013: Yes, That Includes James Franco’s ‘As I Lay Dying’
The French have always loved to embrace an American pariah, a script they’re continuing to follow to the letter by including Franco’s film in this year’s impressive lineup.
Lionsgate Adds R.J. Palacio’s ‘Wonder’ to Its YA Empire, with Skins’ Jack Thorne Adapting
A novel aimed at young readers that doesn’t presume that only the kids who blend into the crowd harbor the secret powers necessary to overcome adversity? Yes.
Andrew Garfield to Suffer in ‘Silence,’ Directed by Martin Scorsese
Scorsese’s next project, an adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s Silence, presents a new challenge, requiring him to shift his focus from the lions to their prey.
Would Scott and Zelda Have Approved of Baz Luhrmann’s Bedazzled Version of ‘The Great Gatsby’?
‘It’s going to be a damned masterpiece, you know,’ said F. Scott Fitzgerald in Therese Anne Fowler’s meticulously researched novel about Zelda Fitzgerald.
Harper Lee Goes All Atticus Finch and Sues for Copyright of To Kill a Mockingbird
If there were any remaining doubts about the inviolability of Harper Lee’s personal code of ethics, they were laid to rest with the recent news of a lawsuit.
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