Tony Richardson

Richardson’s Lively Disaster: Waugh’s The Loved One

British film director Tony Richardson (1928-1991).
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British film director Tony Richardson (1928-1991).

Stuck in that weird intersection between the death throes of the old Hollywood and the birth pangs o  read more »

Didion's Annus Horribilis: How Grief Looks on the Page

We all saw the photo on the cover of The New York Times Magazine: a skeletal Joan Didion showing us  read more »

Didion’s Annus Horribilis: How Grief Looks on the Page

Joan Didion,
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Joan Didion,

We all saw the photo on the cover of The New York Times Magazine: a skeletal Joan Didion showing us  read more »

Welcome to the Mad-Dog House, Thomas McCormack

Have you any idea, I wonder, how insane people are who write plays?  read more »