''Radical Wolfe'' is a 2023 American documentary film directed by Richard Dewey.

Summary

The film is about the life and work of the American journalist and writer

Tom Wolfe Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018)Some sources say 1931; ''The New York Times'' and Reuters both initially reported 1931 in their obituaries before changing to 1930. See and was an American author and journalist widely ...

. It is based on the article "How Tom Wolfe Became ... Tom Wolfe" by

Michael Lewis Michael Monroe Lewis (born October 15, 1960) Gale Biography In Context. is an American author and financial journalist. He has also been a contributing editor to '' Vanity Fair'' since 2009, writing mostly on business, finance, and economics. ...

, published in '' Vanity Fair'' in 2015. Special attention is given to the creation and reception of Wolfe's essay " These Radical Chic Evenings", published in ''

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

'' magazine in 1970.

Reception

The ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...

'' described the film as "always lively" and "a sprightly look at what made the reporter-trained Wolfe into the insider's outsider, how he made the leap to explicating — in supercharged, acrobatic sentences — our fast-changing, roving world of cliques, castes and subgroups". ''

Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...

'' called it "a highly entertaining movie that manages to pack in more or less every important thing you’d want to know about Tom Wolfe".

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* 2023 documentary films 2023 films American documentary films 2020s English-language films Films based on works by Michael Lewis Films based on newspaper and magazine articles Tom Wolfe Documentary films about journalists {{bio-documentary-film-stub