Tonight, David Byrne’s Broadway show American Utopia hits HBO, directed by Spike Lee. The acclaimed filmmaker has never made a full-blown musical, but music remains essential to his distinct artistic…
Some consider Sorkin the greatest living American screenwriter, while others dismiss him as overly indulgent and out of touch. It’s certainly true that not all of his scripts translate into great films, and some of them may not even be great scripts in the first place. But all of Sorkin’s work is utterly engaging, and his voice is one of the most distinct in modern American cinema.