Sentences with phrase «about obituary writers»

She came to this appreciation while researching The Dead Beat (a book about obituary writers).

However, it makes me think of the film The Last Word, which is not a doc but an indie comedy about an obituary writer (played by Amanda Seyfried).

Not exact matches

Johnson, who previously delved into the worlds of librarians and obituary writers, explains in the opening pages that Lives is not about radiocarbon dating or arcane scientific theory.

Kino Lorber has released an official trailer for the documentary titled Obit., about the lives and work of obituary writers.

The obituary in the New York Times wasn't particularly long or prominently displayed, but something about it drew the attention of writer John Grisham.

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In the Times writer Roberta Smith's recent obituary about the abstract painter Julian Stanczak, Ms. Smith detailed how the artist achieved these optical illusions and became a leader in the Op Art style.

And that in The New Yorker's obituary for Chantal Akerman, dispersed amongst the list of the filmmaker's notable achievements, there was a story about the time the writer «paid a visit to her Paris apartment and was offered chocolate from Belgium?»