FOUR NEW DISNEY BOOKS
INK & PAINT: THE WOMEN OF WALT DISNEY’S ANIMATION by Mindy Johnson; foreword by June Foray (Disney Editions) The size and weight of this volume is matched only by its scope. Disney scholar Johnson, whose previous book detailed the…
FOCUSING ON ‘JOAN DIDION: THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD’
There aren’t many documentaries about writers, past or present, but actor and filmmaker Griffin Dunne had unique access to author Joan Didion because she is his aunt. The result is a highly personal and revealing film that chronicles Didion…
SUBURBICON: YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO LIVE THERE
There’s no use beating about the bush: I really didn’t like this movie. It tries to embrace both social satire and black comedy but its tone is strangely somber and its approach heavy-handed. With a screenplay credited to Joel…
