The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, A Revolution in Hollywood, And The Making of A Legendary Film
A new book revisits the making of Sam Peckinpah’s blood-soaked masterpiece.
Tom Carson
Tom Carson is the author of Gilligan’s Wake and Daisy Buchanan’s Daughter.
The Real Lolita
In her new book, Sarah Weinman unearths the forgotten kidnapping case behind Vladimir Nabokov’s literary sensation.
The Dunkirk Spirit
In the wake of Christopher Nolan’s film version of the iconic rescue of British forces comes Michael Korda’s account. Review…
Paul McCartney: The Life
Philip Norman’s big new life of Sir Paul makes the case for a rebellious spirit masked by a showman’s charm.…
To Hell and Back: Europe 1914–1949
The historian and biographer of Hitler traces the roots — and consequences — of the double cataclysm that shaped modern…
The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion
One of the most influential writers of our time receives her own sweeping 672 page history. Does it capture her…
Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox
The legendary film star may have been a better actress in private life than she was on the screen.
Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark
A new life — and new collection — of a film critic whose influence has yet to fade.
A. Lincoln: A Biography
The obsessive, paradoxical genius of the most revered American president.