Tom Wolfe is having a moment. Screen adaptations of the white-suited, blue-eyed mischief-making enfant terrible’s work are reportedly in development at Netflix and Warner Bros.; and this month, Radical Wolfe, a documentary narrated by Jon Hamm and based on a Vanity Fair profile of Wolfe by Michael Lewis, opens at the IFC Center, in Manhattan, and at the Laemmle Royal, in Los Angeles. “Everyone I interviewed for the documentary talked about how gentle and kind Wolfe was,” says Richard Dewey, the director. When asked why Wolfe is making a comeback, Dewey cites a modern intensification of the subject matter that Wolfe wrote about. “I think culture has become even more status-focused, with social media and things like that. It could be the case that society is organizing and trending in a way that makes Wolfe’s work resonate stronger.” The film features further commentary by Gay Talese, Lynn Nesbit, and Alexandra Wolfe. —Peter Stevenson