I read Confess, Fletch for the first time in high school and, ever since, it’s remained a personal favorite. That often surprises people when I tell them that, not least because the name “Fletch” is less associated with Gregory Mcdonald’s genuinely funny novels than Chevy Chase’s considerably goofier incarnation of the journalist-sleuth in 1985’s Fletch and 1988’s Fletch Lives. The original Fletch adaptation essentially retains the structure and basics of Mcdonald’s original but changes the tone to better suit Chase. For better and worse, Mcdonald’s books string together often hilarious dialogue exchanges with aspirationally Hemingway-esque connective prose; they work better when the emphasis is on […]

Lena Dunham recently wrote a piece on the late Nora Ephron for The New Yorker, has an article about her college boyfriend in the current issue, and has further strengthened her relationship with the magazine by directing this fun little short film — starring herself, her Girls and Tiny Furniture costar Alex Karpovsky, and Jon Hamm — to promote their new iPhone app.