Issue of April 15, 2013


Life and Letters

The Spy Who Liked Me
by John le Carré

Filming a novel with Richard Burton.
Onward and Upward with the Arts

Puppet Love
by Joan Acocella

Basil Twist creates a “Rite of Spring.”
Profiles

The Last Book
by Nick Paumgarten

Why James Salter isn’t famous.

The Critics

The Current Cinema

Commitments
by David Denby

“To the Wonder,” “The Company You Keep.”
The Theatre

Newsies
by Hilton Als

Nora Ephron’s “Lucky Guy.”