American Pastoral is the second feature adaptation this year after Indignation based on a Philip Roth novel, and coincidentally both titles were helmed by two guys making sublime directorial debuts: Ewan McGregor and former Focus Features chief James Schamus.
Thematically, the movies are companion pieces, exploring moral complexities swept under the carpet in 1950s-’60s America, as well as Jewish-American life post World War II. But while Schamus’ Indignation deals with…![]()
