Los Angeles Times

Joan Didion’s ‘Notes to John’ may be a gift. And yet, I wish her the privacy she relished

Joan Didion’s persona has loomed as large as her literary canon. That photograph of her holding a cigarette just so, daring the camera to reveal what she’s thinking, says it all: You will be unable to ...
The New York Times

Would Joan Didion Have Wanted the World to See Her Notes on Therapy?

Readers can decide when “Notes to John,” which shows the writer grappling with guilt and vulnerability, is published next week. By Alexandra Alter In the summer of 2000, Joan Didion was mired in ...
Los Angeles Times

Two local festivals launch for their second year, plus the week’s best films in L.A.

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. The Los Angeles Festival of Movies launched its second edition on Thursday with the West ...
The New York Times

For Joan Didion, Mementos of Her Daughter’s Childhood Became Material

The opening of the Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne archives in the New York Public Library reveals unseen aspects of their family life, and approach to writing. By Lauren Christensen An arrangement ...
The Bulwark

Joan Didion, Movie Audience Critic

Joan Didion’s time as a film critic comes up for discussion in Alissa Wilkinson’s new book on the essayist, We Tell Ourselves Stories. Needless to say, I’m fascinated by this segment of her career for ...
The New York Skyline

Joan Didion archive opening at the New York Public Library

Joan Didion and John Dunne, 1970s. All images courtesy of NYPL A collection of never-before-seen items belonging to writer Joan Didion and her husband, writer John Gregory Dunne, will be on display at ...
Gothamist

Joan Didion’s official archive is opening at the New York Public Library next month

The New York Public Library is opening up its archives of Joan Didion and her husband Gregory Dunne to the public beginning March 26. The Library acquired the late writers' archives in 2023, just over ...
Westword

Netflix’s Joan Didion Doc Does Justice to Its Epochal Subject

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold premieres Oct. 27 on Netflix Joan Didion has set an impossible standard for any documentarian who would want to cover her life. She’s essentially already done it ...