Just posted to our Books page: Richard Alleva reviews Jeffrey Meyers's new biography of John Huston.

Many moviemakersOrson Welles, Daryl Zanuckhave dedicated themselves to living large, but Huston was downright baronial not only in his acquisitiveness but his generosity, and it is to the credit ofJeffery Meyerss new biography that the graciousness gets just as much attention as the self-indulgences.

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Grant Gallicho joined Commonweal as an intern and was an associate editor for the magazine until 2015. 

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