Philip Roth
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‘Sabbath’s Theater’ Off Broadway Review: John Turturro Wrestles With Philip Roth
Ariel Levy and Turturro’s adaption of the author’s raunchiest novel presents a softer, gentler creep
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Goodbye, Vin Scully: In a Format Designed for Play by Play, He Found Poetry
A fan looks back in sorrow and appreciation at the greatest baseball announcer ever
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‘Deception’ Film Review: French Philip Roth Adaptation Is an Awful Slog to Sit Through
Cannes 2021: Despite the handsome production values, director Arnaud Desplechin’s talky drama is a postcard for archivists and a curio for obsessives
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‘The Plot Against America’ Star Morgan Spector on How Philip Roth ‘Accidentally Predicted’ Donald Trump
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It’s almost so on-the-nose that it’s ridiculous,” Spectors says of the ties between the 1940-set Roth novel and today
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HBO Lands David Simon’s Fascism Drama ‘The Plot Against America’
Simon and Ed Burns will write and executive produce adaption of Philip Roth’s novel
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All 7 Philip Roth Movies Ranked, From ‘American Pastoral’ to ‘Goodbye, Columbus’ (Photos)
The Pulitzer winning author died Tuesday at age 85
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Philip Roth, Novelist and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Dies at 85
Author rose to prominence in 1969 with “Portnoy’s Complaint,” but was best known for his 1998 novel “American Pastoral”
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Philip Roth Emerges From Retirement to Rip ‘Megalomaniac’ Trump: ‘Massive Fraud’
The 84-year-old novelist also discusses culture of toxic masculinity in wide-ranging New York Times interview
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‘American Pastoral’ Review: Ewan McGregor Mis-Adapts Philip Roth’s Novel
You can usually rely on an actor-turned-director to elicit fine performances, but even Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning are ill-used here
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Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Win Seriously Annoys Authors
“I totally get the Nobel committee,” novelist Gary Shteyngart jokes, “reading books is hard”
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‘American Pastoral’ Toronto Review: Ewan McGregor Travels to Philip Roth Country, and Fits Right In
Toronto 2016: Roth’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a tough nut to crack for the screen, but first-time director McGregor gets a lot of things right
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‘Indignation’ Review: Logan Lerman Carries Philip Roth’s Study in Stubbornness
Writer-producer James Schamus’ directorial debut is a chilly exploration of academia and anti-Semitism in the 1950s
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Toronto Film Festival to Showcase Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Ryan Gosling Movies
“The Magnificent Seven” will open the festival, which also includes films about Edward Snowden, LBJ and Barack Obama
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Logan Lerman on Channeling Philip Roth in James Schamus’ ‘Indignation’ (Video)
Sundance 2016: First-time director Schamus joins stars Lerman, Sarah Gadon and Tracy Letts to talk about the making of the Roth adaptation with TheWrap’s Matt Donnelly
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Sundance 2016: Here’s Every Movie That Has Sold So Far (Update)
From “Swiss Army Man” to “Weiner-Dog,” here the movies that most impressed buyers at Sundance