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Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: The Beach
The other beach
In the unimpressive wake of "The Beach," a local director releases quite a different take on life in Thailand.
"The Beach"
No phone, no lights, no motorcar -- not a single luxury! Leonardo DiCaprio and the "Trainspotting" creators can't rescue Alex Garland's trouble-in-paradise bestseller from trite moralizing.
Beach nut
An interview with Alex Garland, bestselling and occasionally controversial author of "The Beach."
A good man is hard to write
Hemingway-tough or Fitzgerald-sensitive? Today's novelists scramble for a masculinity that doesn't seem fake.
Goodbye, Khao San Road
As he leaves Southeast Asia, our Vagabonding correspondent reflects on the evolution of the middle-class travel revolution.
Backstage on "The Beach"
A backpacker's quest to storm Leonardo DiCaprio's movie set ends in an epiphany that won't play in Peoria.
Storming 'The Beach'
When he tries to infiltrate a movie set on a heavily guarded Thai island, Rolf Potts embarks on a rollicking post-modern travel adventure, somewhat starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Beach Boy
26-year-old Alex Garland, author of the harrowing novel "The Beach," talks about the quest for mystery in a world that's too well known. Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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