Alice Wu Director of films including ‘The Half of It’ and ‘Saving Face’“‘My Friend is Sad’ is the most brilliant instruction manual on how to be a good friend. Yes, it’s also a picture book for 5-year-olds that will make you snort with laughter. For those reasons, Mo Willems deserves a Nobel. In Colum McCann’s ‘Let the Great World Spin,’ each chapter sweeps a light across a new character—until almost imperceptibly, you come away from the whole feeling strangely less alone. That feels relevant—sheltered-in-place in our separate chapters, yet there is a larger book that binds us all together.”Rachel Shukert Showrunner...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 12, 2020 19:18 UTC