An adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella arrives at the same time as a new biography, unlocking one of his best-loved and ...

In the opening moments of Train Dreams — both the film and the Denis Johnson novella it’s based on — it’s 1917. In the ...

The Train Dreams movie is not based on a true story. Train Dream s is based on the award-winning 2011 novella by Denis ...

A new production of Denis Johnson’s final play showcases many of his signatures: deadpan absurdism, misfit characters, heavy drinking and statements on the bleak fact of human mortality. By Maya ...

Reality is unreal, and the unreal is reality. The late Denis Johnson, who died five years ago, seems to have viewed the world this way, and embodies that paradox in nearly all of his work—his poetry, ...

CANNES, France (AP) — Just days removed from finishing her latest film and hours after arriving in Cannes, Claire Denis sat down in a poolside hotel restaurant and warmly pronounced herself “a mess.” ...

Signature Reviewed by Michael Coffey If this novel, Johnson's first in nearly a decade, is—as the promo copy says—about Skip Sands, it's also about his uncle, a legendary CIA operative; Kathy Jones, a ...

Directed by Clint Bentley Long before the Internet offered each of us a way to document our time on earth, previous ...

“Write in blood,” Denis Johnson commanded. Never one for moderation, the late author is best known for “Jesus’ Son,” his 1992 story collection about a junkie named F—head. Later books were Pulitzer ...

Ira Sachs’ “Peter Hujar’s Day,” which recreates an interview with the 1970s photographer, led the Film Independent Spirit ...

CANNES, France (AP) — Just days removed from finishing her latest film and hours after arriving in Cannes, Claire Denis sat down in a poolside hotel restaurant and warmly pronounced herself “a mess.” ...