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    Philip Roth and why good books make bad movies

    The latest attempt to translate Philip Roth shows the challenge with adapting literature to film

    What I think of Gilmour’s serious-white-guys-only policy

    Prof. Pettigrew on the limits of ‘teach what you love’

    Philip Roth at 80

    Plus our latest book reviews and bestsellers

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    ‘The struggle with writing is over’: Philip Roth at 80

    America’s greatest hope for winning the Nobel Prize for literature has never been more relevant

    Newsmakers: Drake vs. Chris Brown and other head-to-head battles of 2012

    Check out our gallery of the year’s most toxic feuds, including Big Bird vs. Romeny and Putin vs. Pussy Riot

    Newsmakers: Sept. 6-13, 2012

    Names in the news

    Sept. 6-13, 2012: Blake and Ryan get hitched, Philip Roth takes on Wikipedia, and pro football tackles gay marriage

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    Film Review: Penélope bares all for Sir Ben in ‘Elegy’

    Finally back in the saddle after a luxuriously long absence, I’m returning = with a fresh palate. For almost a month, I didn’t set foot in a movie theatre. Saw a bunch of stuff on DVD—Michael Mann’s big screen version of Miami Vice was an especially guilty pleasure—but I’m just now catching up on some the movies I’ve missed. I did see Woody Allen’s Vicky Christina Barcelona in Cannes, but last night I was happy to see  it again (as a date movie with my wife). It’s even better than I remembered, and best enjoyed as a summer treat rather than under the harsh scrutiny of Cannes. Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz are dynamite, and this could be the comedy that finally wins Woody back his audience 16 years after mortifying them by leaving Mia Farrow for her adopted child, who’s now virtually middle-aged.