Cast:
Michael Stuhlbarg, Patricia Clarkson, Ken Watanabe, Michael Chabon, Noam Chomsky, Norman Mailer, Václav Havel (a.f.), Robert Lowell (a.f.), Richard Easton (more)Plots(1)
This documentary, co-directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, profiles the history of The New York Review of Books, the Big Apple newspaper that has been one of the most controversial and respected periodicals in the country during its first half-century. The filmmakers interviews numerous contributors to the newspaper including the paper's hands-on editor Bob Silvers. The film recounts a number of memorable pieces published in the paper including a piece by Gore Vidal that led to a feud with Norman Mailer, Joan Didion's questioning of the guilt of young black men accused of raping a jogger in Central Park, and many more. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Michael Stuhlbarg
USA
Best movies:
Dopesick (2021) (series)
Miss Sloane (2016)
Trumbo (2015)
Patricia Clarkson
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
Shutter Island (2010)
The Untouchables (1987)
Ken Watanabe
Japan
Best movies:
Inception (2010)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Michael Chabon
USA
Noam Chomsky
USA
Norman Mailer
USA
Best movies:
Ragtime (1981)
King Lear (1987)
Cremaster 2 (1999)
Václav Havel (a.f.)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Marta Kubišová 1990 (1990) (concert)
Largo desolato (1991) (theatrical recording) - narrator
Robert Lowell (a.f.)
USA
Richard Easton
Canada
Best movies:
Henry V (1989)
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Zoe Heller
UK
Gore Vidal (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Gattaca (1997)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Roma (1972)
Derek Walcott (a.f.)
Saint Lucia
Stephen Jay Gould (a.f.)
USA
Joan Didion
USA
James Baldwin (a.f.)
USA