true grit

Squibb is a delightful presence, capably handling the humor and the heart of the story, and demonstrating true grit too, while the late, great Roundtree offers a warm, steadying presence.

“Just true grit,” said Weisberg, whose 17th season at the school has presented challenges he could have never imagined.

The first film released as part of the arrangement was “True Grit,” the Coen brothers’ western.

“Cassandro” is a film that invites us to consider the hearts and bodies behind the swagger and sequins, and about the true grit that it requires to be an original.

Gottlieb’s other successes — he had so many — included Charles Portis’ “True Grit,” Potok’s “The Chosen” and a Pulitzer Prize-winning anthology of John Cheever’s short stories, compiled by Gottlieb over the author’s misgivings.