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**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS** YUP, we're certified PAYNE-HEADS! On the season 12 finale of Film is Lit, we're covering Alexander Payne's 2011 Oscar-darling, "The Descendants," based on the book of the same name by Hawaiian author, Kaui Hart Hemmings. Listen to us compare the book to the movie and discuss how George Clooney, the ultimate hunky dad, has the best run in all of cinema. We'll be back this autumn for a very spooky season 13...stay tuned! #GeorgeClooney #AlexanderPayne #KauiHartHemmings #ShaileneWoodley #TheDescendants #BookvMovie #RobertForster #MaxCherry #JackieBrown #Hawaii #Kauai #FilmisLitPod #MovieReview #BookReview #JudyGreer #DannyGaylord
Kaui Hart Hemmings discusses her new novel How to Party With an Infant.
Encore Broadcast: Marc Maron gives etiquette AND time-travel advice… Graphic novelist Mimi Pond lists criminals, spies, and other bohemians … “Man On Wire” tightrope-walker Philippe Petit explores creative chaos… “The Descendants” author Kaui Hart Hemmings tells a new tale… load up on Kleenex ’cause here comes SADvertising… the history of the least respected trophy in […]
Kaui Hart Hemmings’ highly anticipated new novel The Possibilities was the subject of our May Epicenter. Her first novel, The Descendants, has been published in 20 countries and was made into an Oscar-winning film directed by Alexander Payne and starring George Clooney. Hemmings discusses her writing with Michelle Richmond, bestselling author of Golden State, The Year of Fog, No One You Know, Dream of the Blue Room, and the award-winning The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress. Recorded live at Hotel Rex in San Francisco on May 13, 2014.
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This Week: Marc Maron gives etiquette AND time-travel advice… Graphic novelist Mimi Pond lists criminals, spies, and other bohemians … “Man On Wire” tightrope-walker Philippe Petit explores creative chaos… “The Descendants” author Kaui Hart Hemmings tells a new tale… load up on Kleenex ’cause here comes SADvertising… the history of the least respected trophy in […]
This movie has a lot going for it already, with Alexander Payne at the helm and George Clooney in the spotlight. But “The Descendants” is also a film set in, and a film about, Hawaii, based on the novel of the same name by local author Kaui Hart Hemmings. And that’s why we were especially eager to see it.
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