Is this really Simone de Beauvoir? I believe it is, and I wish I knew enough French to translate even part of this clip, in which she seems to be discussing La vieillesse (The Coming of Age). Also, any progress made yet on an accurate translation into English of The Second Sex? I mean, no rush or anything. It’s only . . .
The classic 1967 adaptation of Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd, featuring Julie Christie, is out on DVD.
Sheila Heti talks with Mary Gaitskill, who wouldn’t mind having a wife so she could focus more fully on her writing. (Via.)
Glenn Close hopes to make a film based on a John Banville screenplay that adapts a George Moore story.
Rupert Thomson finds his fragile half-brother after losing contact with him more than 20 years before. (Thanks, Susan.)