The New York Times – Film:
Andy Weir discusses his science-fueled novel “Project Hail Mary,” which has been adapted into a film that opens in theaters on Friday.
Category: Writing and Writers
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Alan Trustman, Who Wrote ‘Bullitt’ and ‘Thomas Crown Affair,’ Dies at 95
The New York Times – Film:
In a wide-ranging career, he was a Boston lawyer, a Hollywood screenwriter and a Swiss currency trader.
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Jeremy Larner, Who Wrote ‘The Candidate,’ a Political Film Classic, Dies at 88
The New York Times – Film:
His Oscar-winning 1972 screenplay starred Robert Redford as an idealistic public interest lawyer making a run for the Senate.
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Tom Junod Would Like to Tell You About His Father
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A star writer from the heyday of magazines reveals the family secret behind his award-winning stories.
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In a New ‘Narrative Cookbook,’ Tanya Bush Makes a Case for the Pre-Recipe Preamble
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Tanya Bush, a writer and pastry chef in Brooklyn, makes a case for taking the scenic route to the recipe in a new “narrative cookbook.”
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Suzannah Lessard Dies at 81; Stanford White Descendant Who Wrote a Haunting Family Memoir
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Growing up in a family of secrets, on a compound designed by her great-grandfather, made her a writer who investigated the built world with a wary eye.
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Roger Allers Dies at 76; Helped Put ‘Lion King’ on Screens and Onstage
The New York Times – Film:
A Disney fan who once “flew” off his couch as a 4-year-old Peter Pan, he was a co-director of the animated film and a co-writer of the Broadway musical, both of them megahits.