From his book, ‘Black Snowflakes Smothering a Torch: Or How to Talk to Your Veteran – A Primer,’ released this month.

He was the last survivor of a generation of artists that rewrote music history.

The Irish writer-director Martin McDonagh has earned an adoring audience for his ability to find grace amid the grotesque. With films like “In Bruges” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” he’s been rapturously received for his auteurist signatures, which include extravagant profanity, wickedly caustic humor, and a penchant for putting his characters into alternately amusing […]