#filmadaptations — Public Fediverse posts

Call My Agent! The Movie review – the gang get back together and c’est formidable https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/09/call-my-agent-the-movie-review-camille-cottin-laure- #Film #ComedyFilms #France #Comedy #Culture #GeorgeClooney #FilmAdaptations

Call My Agent! The Movie review – the gang get back together and c’est formidable
By Leslie Felperin

The screwball French comedy is back as a film that actually works, thanks to putting Andréa and Noémie at the heart of chaotic events and bringing all the old faces back

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/09/call-my-agent-the-movie-review-camille-cottin-laure-

#Film #Comedyfilms #France #Comedy #Culture #GeorgeClooney #Filmadaptations #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

Better Go Mad in the Wild review – boozing, bantering hermits impart their spiritual wisdom
By Phil Hoad

Director Miro Remo journeys deep into the Czech countryside to find two brothers living an isolated life filled with quixotic wisdom in this surreal documentary

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/08/better-go-mad-in-the-wild-review-boozing-bantering-hermits-impart-their-spiritual-wisdom

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Czechia #Filmadaptations #Books #Culture #Europe #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Better Go Mad in the Wild review – boozing, bantering hermits impart their spiritual wisdom
By Phil Hoad

Director Miro Remo journeys deep into the Czech countryside to find two brothers living an isolated life filled with quixotic wisdom in this surreal documentary

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/08/better-go-mad-in-the-wild-review-boozing-bantering-hermits-impart-their-spiritual-wisdom

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Czechia #Filmadaptations #Books #Culture #Europe #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Better Go Mad in the Wild review – boozing, bantering hermits impart their spiritual wisdom
By Phil Hoad

Director Miro Remo journeys deep into the Czech countryside to find two brothers living an isolated life filled with quixotic wisdom in this surreal documentary

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/08/better-go-mad-in-the-wild-review-boozing-bantering-hermits-impart-their-spiritual-wisdom

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Czechia #Filmadaptations #Books #Culture #Europe #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Emily Wilson to retranslate the Odyssey from scratch
By Emma Loffhagen

Wilson, whose 2017 English translation of Homer’s epic poem inspired Christopher Nolan’s box office hit, is revisiting it after criticising the film adaptation

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/01/emily-wilson-to-retranslate-the-odyssey-from-scratch-christopher-nolan

#Books #TheOdyssey #Poetry #ChristopherNolan #Culture #Homer #Filmadaptations #TheGuardian #EmmaLoffhagen

Hazy sunshine, factor-50 smiles and Cliff Richard at the wheel: the 20 best summer holiday movies – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/20/best-summer-holiday-movies-ranked-seasonal-romance #Film #Culture #Musicals #RomanceFilms #CliffRichard #FilmAdaptations #AudreyHepburn #BeforeSunrise #AlfonsoCuarn #Books #Music

Hazy sunshine, factor-50 smiles and Cliff Richard at the wheel: the 20 best summer holiday movies – ranked!
By Xan Brooks

From feelgood romances to heated interactions, here are the films that best capture the seasonal moment

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/20/best-summer-holiday-movies-ranked-seasonal-romance

#Film #Culture #Musicals #Romancefilms #CliffRichard #Filmadaptations #AudreyHepburn #BeforeSunrise #AlfonsoCuarn #Books #Music #TheGuardian #XanBrooks

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey gives UK poetry sales an epic boost
By Emma Loffhagen

Poetry sales surpassed £8m in the first 30 weeks of 2026 and are expected to reach a record high this year thanks to blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s 2,700-year-old poem

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/04/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-uk-poetry-sales-boost-homer

#Books #Poetry #Homer #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #Culture #Film #Filmadaptations #UKnews #TheGuardian #EmmaLoffhagen

The Summer Book review – Glenn Close powers sweet-natured take on Tove Jansson’s kids’ classic
By Peter Bradshaw

This sensitive adaptation of Jansson’s 1972 novel, set in the beatific Gulf of Finland, is a quiet treatise on life and death

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/04/the-summer-book-review-glenn-close-powers-sweet-natured-take-on-tove-janssons-kids-classic

#Film #Dramafilms #Filmadaptations #ToveJansson #GlennClose #Sweden #Family #Bereavement #Books #Culture #Europe #Lifeandstyle #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Hamnet review – Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley beguile and captivate in audacious Shakespearean tragedy https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/06/hamnet-review-paul-mescal-jessie-buckley-shakespeare-hamlet #Film #Hamnet #FilmAdaptations #MaggieOfarrell #ChloZhao #PaulMescal #JessieBuckley #Hamlet #WilliamShakespeare #EmilyWatson #Books #Culture #Stage