My Stories Become Someone Else’s: Adapting a Book to Film
Books require that people recount their emotions; documentaries require that people bare the same emotions in front of a film crew.
Jul 2018
Books require that people recount their emotions; documentaries require that people bare the same emotions in front of a film crew.
Mar 2018
Ian Buruma’s memoir, “A Tokyo Romance,” recaptures his youthful experiences in the avant-garde film and theater world of the postwar city.
Jan 2017
Merkin is capable of being at once melodramatic and finely nuanced; she has so many good phrases about depression that it’s hard to choose among them.
Oct 2016
It’s the proximity of mental illness rather than its obscurity that makes it so scary. But it should be scary in a “fix the broken care system” way or in a “figure ...
Aug 2016
Jun 2016
Jane Lynch, Alexander Wang, Rosie O'Donnell and others reflect on what gay bars mean to them, in the aftermath of the shooting in Orlando.
Feb 2016
Life would feel short even if we could expect to live two centuries.
Oct 2015
Failing to intuit certain aspects of other people’s inner experience does not equate to disdain for human life.
May 2015
Pregnant women often fear taking the antidepressants they rely on. But not treating their mental illness can be just as dangerous.
May 2015
With “On the Move,” Sacks has finally presented himself as he has presented others: as both fully vulnerable and an object of curiosity.