“A dynamite cultural history account that focuses laser-like on the fraught translation of Edward Albee’s 1962 searing stage play about marriage . . .
“an outstanding work, filled with insights and stories, and written with authority.”
“Often sad, sometimes funny, and always absorbing, this unusually candid memoir will be a must-read for Newman fans.”
“From start to finish Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life, with all its rich detail and Curtis’s genuine love for his subject, is the biography that Keaton deserves.
James Ivory, now 93 and no longer making films, is one of the most distinguished American filmmakers of the last half-century.
“This is a well-sourced biography and dimensional portrait that bypasses much of the usual gossip around this inimitable star.”
“I tried to be a magician but found I could only manipulate cards and coins and not the universe.”
“Rifkind’s The Sun and Her Stars is a thoroughly researched and dimensional biography of this fearless humanitarian in a perilous time.”
Fifty years after its release, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey upholds its iconic status and for good reason.
“In its own inimitable way, West of Eden is as epic as John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden.”
