interesting things
When “The Great Gatsby†was published, on April 10, 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, living high in France after his early success, cabled Max Perkins, his editor at Scribners, and demanded to know if the news was good. Mostly, it was not. The book received some reviews that were . . . (Subscription required.)
via The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2013/05/13/130513crci_cinema_denby
Steven Soderbergh, who has made twenty-six feature films in twenty-four years, has just turned fifty, and he says that, after his new film, “Side Effects,†he wants to leave movies behind in order, mostly, to paint. (He has completed another film, “Behind the Candelabra,” . . . (Subscription required.)
via The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2013/02/11/130211crci_cinema_denby