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Carlos Fuentes, 83, Has Died
latimes.com 2 weeks agoRenowned Spanish-language novelist Carlos Fuentes died Tuesday in Mexico City at age 83, authorities announced. Fuentes was a prolific, politically engaged writer, best known in the U.S. for books including “The Death of Artemio Cruz,” “Aura,” “Terra Nostra,” “The Good Conscience” and “The Old Gringo,” which was made into a film starring Gregory Peck. In an interview published Monday in the Spanish newspaper El Pais, Fuentes said he had just completed a new novel, titled "Federico on His Balcony." In that i
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Q-and-A With Moviemakers A Feast For Film Junkies
msnbc.com 1 day, 1 hour ago"Conversations at the American Film Institute With The Great Moviemakers: The Next Generation, From the 1950s to Hollywood Today" (Knopf), by George Stevens Jr.: For serious film junkies, those who want to take a movie apart to see what makes it tick, this collection of Q-and-A sessions with film students and filmmakers is like a textbook made of cotton candy, an intellectual treat. The American Film Institute's founding director, George Stevens Jr., follows up a previous volume of such conversations by foc










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