The New York Times

50 Years After ‘Jaws’ Terrified Filmgoers, a Reporter Looks Back

Steven Spielberg’s movie “Jaws” hit theaters 50 years ago this month, in June 1975, and became a phenomenon almost instantly. In some ways that was no surprise: The Peter Benchley novel it was based ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Toronto: Steven Soderbergh on ‘Jaws’ Book, Genre Films and Streaming Success: “You’ve Got to Make Good Shit”

The Oscar-winning director told a TIFF audience he’s at work on a giant book about the making of Steven Spielberg’s 1974 action thriller about a killer shark — the movie that inspired him to make his ...
The New York Times

50 Years Ago, ‘Jaws’ Hit Bookstores, Capturing the Angst of a Generation

The novel became the beach read of the summer, with the shark at its center embodying the unease of an era of political and social upheaval. Publishing savvy, Hollywood hype and a killer cover helped ...