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Dec 2, 2022 · The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Alice Walker and portrays the problems Black women faced during the early 20th century, including domestic violence, poverty, racism, and sexism.
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Nov 9, 2024 · Based on an obscure Japanese story from the 20th century by Yasuhiko Takiguchi, it's a screenplay with masterful dialogue, intense character arcs, and a thrilling structure comprised of satisfying ...
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- The Godfather (Mario Puzo) £9.99. Buy the Godfather trilogy at Amazon. Film: 1972. Director: Francis Ford Coppola. Mario Puzo himself assisted on the screenplay for Coppola’s classic.
- The Silence Of The Lambs (Thomas Harris) £5.68. Buy the movie at Amazon. Film: 1991. Director: Jonathan Demme. That The Silence of the Lambs is a great movie goes without saying – it won the Big Five (best film; best director; best actor/actress and best writing) at the Oscars.
- To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee) £4.99. Buy the movie at Amazon. Film: 1962. Director: Robert Mulligan. If Harper Lee’s epoch-defining novel is about tolerance and compassion in the face of hatred and violence, then Robert Mulligan’s adaptation has it spot on.
- Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk) £3.00. Buy the movie at Amazon. Film: 1999. Director: David Fincher. Critics often attack Hollywood for castrating a book’s central premise or diluting its message so as to garner a bigger audience.
- 'House of Gucci' Nobody can stop talking about House of Gucci, starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, which tells the story of the Gucci family (murder and all!)
- 'Nomadland' Based on Jessica Bruder's book of the same title, Nomadland won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Chloé Zhao, the film's director, won Best Director.
- 'Cruella' The highly-anticipated Disney prequel is based on the character from 101 Dalmatians before she becomes the puppy-coat-wearing villain we all know.
- 'The White Tiger' An adaptation of Aravind Adiga's Booker Prize-winning book of the same name, Balram Halwai (played by Adarsh Gourav) is the titular "white tiger" born once every generation.
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George Clooney directs Joel Edgerton and Callum Turner in this adaptation of Daniel James Brown's bestseller.
Based on Don DeLillo's hilarious postmodern masterpiece and directed by Noah Baumbach, White Noiseis now available on Netflix.
Real-life sisters Manal and Nathalie Issa play two siblings making the dangerous journey from their war-torn home in Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Discover the inspirational true story behind the film in Yusra Mardini's memoir, Butterfly.
Now a Netflix Original historical drama starring Florence Pugh and Ciarán Hinds, this novel by the bestselling author of Room, is a compulsive, psychologically complex read.
Or is she? Mila Kunis returns to her Black Swandark side to star in this Netflix film about a woman forced to confront a dangerous truth which threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
Bella Ramsay (Lyanna Mormont in Game of Thrones) stars in Lena Dunham's fun, mischievous adaptation of Karen Cushman's novel, available to watch on Amazon Prime.
If a novel has been made into a film several times and they're all great, and all somehow tell a different story while telling the same one, then you know that the book is probably worth a read. Greta Gerwig's 2019 Little Women, starring Saoirse Ronan as Jo,is terrific: clever, warm and satisfying, but we'd happily watch Katherine Hepburn, June All...
Jennifer Lawrence won an Oscar for her role in David O. Russell's sweet and eccentric film adaptation of Matthew Quick’s story about mental illness and life not going to plan.
Directed by Armando Iannucci, this comedic adaptation of Dickens’ classic novel, starring Dev Patel, makes Victorian London feel surprisingly modern.
Michael Green, writer of Blade Runner 2049 and Logan, brings this classic story to a fresh audience in his film adaptation starring Harrison Ford.
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Mar 4, 2024 · Based on former investigator Charles Brandt’s nonfiction book I Heard You Paint Houses, which recounts the life of mob enforcer Frank Sheeran and is based on almost five years of interviews Brandt conducted with him, Scorsese’s 10-time Oscar-nominated crime epic stars Robert De Niro as Sheeran, Joe Pesci as Russell Bufalino, and Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa.
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Nov 4, 2024 · Since the earliest days of Hollywood, book adaptations have been one of the most reliant and successful forms of filmmaking, from poignant standalones like The Grapes of Wrath to massive franchises like Harry Potter. Spanning decades and crossing genres - including drama, comedy, horror, and...
