John Hughes RIP

As most readers have no doubt heard, acclaimed director of The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, and Sixteen Candles (to name just a few), John Hughes, has died.

Via Pitchfork, Alison Byrne Fields has an incredible account of becoming pen pals with the reclusive Hughes. Given the lack of interviews he did, it is probably the most personal thing you could read about him today. Read it here.