Baz Luhrmann's adaptation is just the latest example of his tragic attraction to tragedy.
It's not that Gatsby can't be filmed. It's that it can't be filmed by this Hollywood.
Sports became a U.S. obsession in a time when underground gamblers like Arnold Rothstein—the inspiration for Gatsby's World Series fixer Meyer Wolfsheim—ruled.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel is a surprisingly apt primer on the president of the United States.
The book is meant to condemn decadence, not celebrate it.
A classic book makes a comeback
The May discussion schedule for our Twitter book club