#literary-adaptation
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4 days agoVladimir author Julia May Jonas: We're imprisoned by our obsessions'
Julia May Jonas's debut novel Vladimir, adapted for Netflix with Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall, explores complex themes of obsession, infidelity, and aging through a morally ambiguous protagonist.
fromSlate Magazine
6 days agoThe Big New Bride of Frankenstein Movie Is a Monster
Narrated by the wayward ghost of Mary Shelley, Gyllenhaal's loopy, overstuffed fable is maddeningly uneven and just plain mad, in both the furious and off-its-rocker sense. I liked it more than any movie I've also considered walking out of.
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1 week agoVladimir review Rachel Weisz is unswervingly brilliant in a TV show you'll admire for years to come
Vladimir is a sophisticated television adaptation that preserves the dark comedy and moral complexity of Julia May Jonas's novel through sharp writing and Rachel Weisz's brilliant performance as a middle-aged professor navigating infidelity and unexpected desire.
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks agoThe Timeless Provocations of "Wuthering Heights" (the Novel)
A few days after Emerald Fennell's film adaptation of "Wuthering Heights" came out, a friend sent me an Onion headline about a bookseller frantically pulling classics off the shelf before Fennell enters the store. No beloved novel could be safe from the dangers of the director introducing anachronistic costumes, original songs by Charli XCX, selectively color-blind casting, and explicit B.D.S.M. scenes for its Byronic hero.
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Film
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1 month agoWomen hold our power in our orifices': Kristen Stewart on her audacious feature directing debut
Kristen Stewart’s impressionistic film adapts an experimental memoir into a visceral, divisive arthouse collage exploring female desire, memory, pain, and reclamation.
Books
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6 months agoMy sister, my God. It's a visceral pain that never goes away': Miriam Toews on a memoir of suicide and silence
Miriam Toews grew up in a strict Russian Mennonite community, maintained contact with her sister Marj during depression, and carried lifelong grief after Marj's suicide.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
9 months agoFIlmWatch Weekly: 'Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,' 'Sister Midnight,' and 'Pee-wee as Himself' * Oregon ArtsWatch
The film uses Austen as more of an entry point into a broader, comfortingly clever story about a 21st-century woman who navigates familiar emotional dilemmas.
Independent films
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