Some institutions insist on their own particularity and can reveal deeper truths, while others succumb to cruelty and inertia. With a special shout-out to the ‘Paris Review.’
With a penetrating new film on the Public Library, the master documentary filmmaker continues his generous 50-year X-ray view of the human systems behind American democratic life
The Old Master of documentary film talks about tantrums at London’s National Gallery, his curiosity, and his love of janitors