The New York Times – Film:
Diane Thomas was a waitress when she made headlines for the script sale of what would become a box office smash. But the Cinderella story had a sad ending.
Category: Writing and Writers
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The Dinner Party That Started the Harlem Renaissance
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The Dinner Party That Started the Harlem Renaissance
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‘Modern Love Podcast’: Why Samin Nosrat Is Now ‘Fully YOLO’
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The chef and writer is known for bringing people together over delicious food. She reads an essay about the importance of making connections and the most of your time.
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David Seidler, Oscar-Winning Writer of ‘The King’s Speech,’ Dies at 86
The New York Times – Film:
He drew on his own painful experiences with a stutter in depicting King George VI’s struggles to overcome his impediment and rally Britain in World War II.
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For Ytasha Womack, the Afrofuture is Now
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The writer and filmmaker discusses the blend of theoretical cosmology and Black culture in Chicago’s newest planetarium show.
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Andre Dubus III Built His Dream Home With a Boiler Room Office
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
When the writer built a dream home for his family, he forgot to include one important thing: a place to write. So he found an unconventional solution.
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David Bordwell, Scholar Who Demystified Filmmaking, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Film:
Roger Ebert called him “our best writer on the cinema.” His scholarship focused on how movies work.
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‘Modern Love Podcast’: Novelist Celeste Ng on the Big Power of Little Things
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The acclaimed author delves into a Modern Love essay about parenting, poetry and persistence.