Radical Wolfe

Name: Radical Wolfe
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 15, 2023
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Christopher Buckley, Emily Witt, Gail Sheehy, Gay Talese, Jon Hamm

2023

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: September 15, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Christopher Buckley, Emily Witt, Gail Sheehy, Gay Talese, Jon Hamm, Lynn Nesbit, Michael Lewis, Niall Ferguson, Tom Junod, Tom Wolfe

Summary: From a beat reporter at the Washington Post to an overnight sensation as the leader of the New Journalism movement, Tom Wolfe was at the forefront of reshaping how American stories are told. Recognizing the importance of overlooked subcultures and communities, Wolfe documented everything from rural stock car drivers to hippies in HaightFrom a beat reporter at the Washington Post to an overnight sensation as the leader of the New Journalism movement, Tom Wolfe was at the forefront of reshaping how American stories are told. Recognizing the importance of overlooked subcultures and communities, Wolfe documented everything from rural stock car drivers to hippies in Haight Ashbury to the Apollo Astronauts, and his ability to bridge cultural and class divides while tackling stories central to American Life was unique in fiction and non-fiction. With a distinctive and oft-imitated style all his own, Wolfe’s body of work includes some of the most memorable and culturally impactful stories of the 20th century like The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, and A Man in Full. Radical Wolfe is a look at the man inside the famous white suit, featuring conversations and interviews with those who knew him best, including Michael Lewis, Gay Talese, Lynn Nesbit, Terry McDonell, Tom Junod, Christopher Buckley, Niall Ferguson, and Alexandra Wolfe.… Expand

Director: Richard Dewey

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 76 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Sep 15, 2023

It’s a highly entertaining movie that manages to pack in more or less every important thing you’d want to know about Tom Wolfe. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Sep 11, 2023

The film, inspired by a Michael Lewis (“Moneyball,” “The Big Short, “The Blind Side,””Liar’s Poker”) magazine article and relying much on Lewis’s take on the man, the writer and his self-created mythos, is a reminder of Wolfe’s once-giantic footprint in the culture. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

Sep 15, 2023

If there’s a note of reflexive nostalgia in the proceedings, that inevitably has to do not just with the man at the film’s center but with the era that produced him, a time when magazine and print journalism could take writers and make instant celebrities and hugely influential cultural figures out of them. That day is long gone, but Radical Wolfe makes a strong case that it’s well worth remembering. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Oct 12, 2023

To judge from his film’s style, it also seems likely that Dewey just doesn’t have the patience for a subtle approach. Read full review

Robert Abele

Sep 25, 2023

As tributes go, the documentary is always lively. Archival clips zip by and nobody ever gets more than a sentence or two before the film cuts away, which means it never burrows in as often as you might want it to, considering the colorful, thick life on display. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Sep 14, 2023

Though the film can’t capture Wolfe’s writing, it does a public service in passing along its subject’s wisdom. Read full review

Devika Girish

Sep 14, 2023

Richard Dewey’s staid, by-the-book documentary can hardly match the flair with which Wolfe lived and wrote. Read full review

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