In 1981, John Waters broke new cinematic ground reaching out of the screen and grabbing audience members’ … noses. For his film “Polyester,” he introduced “odorama,” his twisted take on audience ...

John Waters, Fran Lebowitz and other friends of the photographer, who died in 1987, remember an artist impatient for the recognition he’s only recently begun to receive. By Maggie Lange The writer and ...