Now a Netflix original documentary series, also written by Mark Harris, premiering on March 31, 2017: the extraordinary wartime experience of five of Hollywood’s most important directors, all of whom put their stamp on World War II and were changed by it forever. This documentary was produced by Scott Rudin and Steven Spielberg, and includes extensive interviews with Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro, Francis Ford Coppola, Lawrence Kasdan, and Paul Greengrass. Here is the remarkable, untold story of how five major Hollywood directors—John Ford, George Stevens, John Huston, William Wyler, and Frank Capra—changed World War II, and how, in turn, the war…
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///////////////There’s A Book for That: The Oscars
Lights, camera, action! The 89th Academy Awards show is this Sunday, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Oscar buzz has been in the air for months. As…
Books on Film: The Lost City of Z
Based on the book of the same name by New Yorker writer David Grann, The Lost City of Z tells the story of Percy Fawcett who…
Books on Film: ARRIVAL
Ted Chiang’s Arrival, previously published as Stories of Your Life and Others, includes “Story Of Your Life,” the basis for the major motion picture Arrival, starring Amy…
Books on Film: Big Little Lies
A murder . . . A tragic accident . . . Or just parents behaving badly? What’s indisputable is that someone is dead. Big Little…