Donna Tartt on the criminally overlooked Charles Portis.

You don’t know the name, do you? Well, he wrote True Grit, which has now been a film twice: once, as a vehicle for John Wayne, and then again 10 years ago by the Coens. The latter is far superior, probably for hewing much closer to the novel.

Also, Jeff Bridges is a far better actor than John “One Note” Wayne.