Maggie Gyllenhaal

Noah Baumbach Explains Why HBO Dropped “The Corrections”

Arts, Culture & Media

The director Noah Baumbach explains why his adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s “The Corrections” for HBO fell through, and why he may just not be cut out for TV.

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