Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three reviews on Terrence Malick’s latest film. In reviewing any new work, particularly one from someone as storied and reclusive as director Terrence Malick, upon whose oeuvre critics tend to either lavish praise or shower derision, one has to gauge the newest constellation against the […]
Ron Hansen’s fiction is tight and rich. Each of Hansen’s writings carries a certain arc: the plains of the American West, the sanctuary of a hushed convent, and the frenzied deck of theDeutschland are both terse and beautiful, places where redemption is particularly fitted to each character’s peculiar, compelling humanity. In this interview, Hansen talks […]
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the on-again, off-again production of Michael Lewis’s Moneyball, ostensibly starring Brad Pitt (at least for now) and previously slated to be directed by Steven Soderbergh, is back, well, on again. But this time with Aaron Sorkin rewriting the script. (In my opinion, this can only be good news.) Sorkin’s […]