“We must try to learn what it is these horrors want.” CW…
Category: Classic Adaptations
Arthurian Cinema and the Dream of Camelot
I believed in Camelot growing up; I believed pretty much anything I…
The Period in Autumn de Wilde’s Emma. (2020)
Autumn de Wilde’s adaptation of Emma ends with a period. I mean…
Finding Room on the Screen (Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice…)
Updated September 6th, 2022 I have a complicated relationship with classic adaptation…
“It’s a Small World, Spiritually Speaking”: Music and Myth in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
“O Muse! Sing in me, and through me tell the story“ Updated…
“I’m Just a Woman”: Quiet Rebellion in Little Women (2019)
Updated August 29th, 2021. Little Women argues that romance is a luxury,…
Fidelity and Adaptation: Or How To Ruin/Save Your Favourite Book
Week Intro Adaptation films arrive with a specific audience in mind, one…