#filmadaptations — Public Fediverse posts

All of a Sudden review – care home drama is tender, meditative and a little too precious for its own good https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/15/all-of-a-sudden-review-care-home-ryusuke-hamaguchi-cannes #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #Japan #Paris #AsiaPacific #Culture #Festivals #France #Europe #WorldNews #FilmAdaptations #Books

All of a Sudden review – care home drama is tender, meditative and a little too precious for its own good https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/15/all-of-a-sudden-review-care-home-ryusuke-hamaguchi-cannes #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #Japan #Paris #AsiaPacific #Culture #Festivals #France #Europe #WorldNews #FilmAdaptations #Books

All of a Sudden review – care home drama is tender, meditative and a little too precious for its own good https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/15/all-of-a-sudden-review-care-home-ryusuke-hamaguchi-cannes #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DramaFilms #Japan #Paris #AsiaPacific #Culture #Festivals #France #Europe #WorldNews #FilmAdaptations #Books

The Odyssey: trailer for Christopher Nolan’s classical Greek epic released online https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/05/the-odyssey-first-trailer-christopher-nolan-classical-greek-epic-released-online #TheOdyssey #Film #ChristopherNolan #Homer #FilmAdaptations #MattDamon #TomHolland #RobertPattinson #AnneHathaway #Books #Culture #WorldNews

The Sheep Detectives review – Hugh Jackman gives a flock in baa-rking mad cosy crime caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/27/the-sheep-detectives-review-hugh-jackman #Film #ComedyFilms #FilmAdaptations #HughJackman #CrimeFilms #EmmaThompson #ChrisOdowd #JuliaLouisdreyfus #PatrickStewart #BryanCranston #Books #Comedy #Culture #TelevisionRadio

The Sheep Detectives review – Hugh Jackman gives a flock in baa-rking mad cosy crime caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/27/the-sheep-detectives-review-hugh-jackman #Film #ComedyFilms #FilmAdaptations #HughJackman #CrimeFilms #EmmaThompson #ChrisOdowd #JuliaLouisdreyfus #PatrickStewart #BryanCranston #Books #Comedy #Culture #TelevisionRadio

The Sheep Detectives review – Hugh Jackman gives a flock in baa-rking mad cosy crime caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/27/the-sheep-detectives-review-hugh-jackman #Film #ComedyFilms #FilmAdaptations #HughJackman #CrimeFilms #EmmaThompson #ChrisOdowd #JuliaLouisdreyfus #PatrickStewart #BryanCranston #Books #Comedy #Culture #TelevisionRadio

The Sheep Detectives review – Hugh Jackman gives a flock in baa-rking mad cosy crime caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/27/the-sheep-detectives-review-hugh-jackman #Film #ComedyFilms #FilmAdaptations #HughJackman #CrimeFilms #EmmaThompson #ChrisOdowd #JuliaLouisdreyfus #PatrickStewart #BryanCranston #Books #Comedy #Culture #TelevisionRadio

Project Hail Mary review – Ryan Gosling’s charm carries unserious last-ditch space mission https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/10/project-hail-mary-review-ryan-goslings-charm-carries-unserious-last-ditch-space-mission #Film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #ComedyFilms #RyanGosling #FilmAdaptations #TheMartian #Books #Comedy #Culture

Why Train Dreams should win the best picture Oscar https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/09/why-train-dreams-should-win-the-best-picture-oscar #Film #FilmAdaptations #Oscars #Netflix #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #JoelEdgerton #FelicityJones #TheNational #WilliamHMacy #Race #AwardsAndPrizes #Books #Culture #Music

The Bride! review – Jessie Buckley is electrifying as frizzy-haired, black-tongued monster’s wife https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/04/the-bride-review-jessie-buckley-christian-bale-frankenstein #Film #DramaFilms #HorrorFilms #JessieBuckley #ChristianBale #MaggieGyllenhaal #AnnetteBening #MaryShelley #FilmAdaptations #Books #Culture #PenlopeCruz

More heartache than Hamnet?: Maggie O’Farrell’s best books – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/16/more-heartache-than-hamnet-maggie-ofarrells-best-books-ranked #Fiction #MaggieOfarrell #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Books #Culture #Hamnet #FilmAdaptations

A Prayer for the Dying review – pestilent western feels like a short stretched too long https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/13/a-prayer-for-the-dying-review-pestilent-western-feels-like-a-short-stretched-too-long #BerlinFilmFestival2026 #Film #Westerns #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #JohnCReilly #JohnnyFlynn #FilmAdaptations #Books #Culture #Music #BerlinFilmFestival #Festivals

Wuthering Heights review: too hot, too greedy adaptation guarantees bad dreams in the night https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/09/wuthering-heights-review-emerald-fennell-margot-robbie-jacob-elordi #Film #MargotRobbie #EmeraldFennell #JacobElordi #MartinClunes #FilmAdaptations #EmilyBront #Books #Culture #RomanceFilms #RomanceBooks #DramaFilms #CharliXcx #Music

Sydney Sweeney Lands Ambitious New Role After Housemaid Triumph

Sydney Sweeney has just confirmed her next big project. After the huge box office success of The Housemaid, the actress will lead the upcoming adaptation of Edith Wharton’s classic novel Custom of the Country. The role promises to showcase her range and ambition.
Who Does She Play?...

#CustomoftheCountry #EdithWharton #filmadaptations #JosieRourke #SydneySweeney #upcomingmovies

Sydney Sweeney Lands Ambitious New Role After Housemaid Triumph

Sydney Sweeney has just confirmed her next big project. After the huge box office success of The Housemaid, the actress will lead the upcoming adaptation of Edith Wharton’s classic novel Custom of the Country. The role promises to showcase her range and ambition.
Who Does She Play?...

#CustomoftheCountry #EdithWharton #filmadaptations #JosieRourke #SydneySweeney #upcomingmovies

Sydney Sweeney Lands Ambitious New Role After Housemaid Triumph

Sydney Sweeney has just confirmed her next big project. After the huge box office success of The Housemaid, the actress will lead the upcoming adaptation of Edith Wharton’s classic novel Custom of the Country. The role promises to showcase her range and ambition.
Who Does She Play?...

#CustomoftheCountry #EdithWharton #filmadaptations #JosieRourke #SydneySweeney #upcomingmovies

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

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

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

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

Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson to return for latest Hunger Games instalment https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/11/jennifer-lawrence-and-josh-hutcherson-to-return-for-latest-hunger-games-instalment #JenniferLawrence #Filmadaptations #TheHungerGames #SuzanneCollins #Culture #Books #Film

Studiocanal, Heyday Films and Sanrio are set to bring the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters to the big screen for a new era of storytelling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/05/entertainment-news/mr-men-little-miss-film/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #entertainmentnews #mrmen #littlemiss #children039sbooks #filmadaptations

Master at work: on set with celebrated British film director Terence Davies – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2025/oct/21/on-set-with-celebrated-british-film-director-terence-davies-in-pictures #Documentaryfilms #SiegfriedSassoon #Filmadaptations #TerenceDavies #EdithWharton #CynthiaNixon #Lifeandstyle #AgynessDeyn #Dramafilms #SunsetSong #JackLowden #Liverpool #Culture #UKnews #Books #Stage #Film #BFI

100 Nights of Hero review – Emma Corrin leads starry cast in a queer fable with a serious streak https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/20/100-nights-of-hero-review-emma-corrin-london-film-festival-julia-jackman-maika-monroe-charli-xcx #Londonfilmfestival2025 #Comicsandgraphicnovels #Londonfilmfestival #Filmadaptations #RichardEGrant #Romancefilms #Comedyfilms #Charlixcx #Festivals #Culture #Comedy #Books #Music #Film

100 Nights of Hero review – Emma Corrin leads starry cast in a queer fable with a serious streak https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/20/100-nights-of-hero-review-emma-corrin-london-film-festival-julia-jackman-maika-monroe-charli-xcx #Londonfilmfestival2025 #Comicsandgraphicnovels #Londonfilmfestival #Filmadaptations #RichardEGrant #Romancefilms #Comedyfilms #Charlixcx #Festivals #Culture #Comedy #Books #Music #Film

100 Nights of Hero review – Emma Corrin leads starry cast in a queer fable with a serious streak https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/20/100-nights-of-hero-review-emma-corrin-london-film-festival-julia-jackman-maika-monroe-charli-xcx #Londonfilmfestival2025 #Comicsandgraphicnovels #Londonfilmfestival #Filmadaptations #RichardEGrant #Romancefilms #Comedyfilms #Charlixcx #Festivals #Culture #Comedy #Books #Music #Film

100 Nights of Hero review – Emma Corrin leads starry cast in a queer fable with a serious streak https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/20/100-nights-of-hero-review-emma-corrin-london-film-festival-julia-jackman-maika-monroe-charli-xcx #Londonfilmfestival2025 #Comicsandgraphicnovels #Londonfilmfestival #Filmadaptations #RichardEGrant #Romancefilms #Comedyfilms #Charlixcx #Festivals #Culture #Comedy #Books #Music #Film

The Twits review – Americanised Roald Dahl is gruesome in all the wrong ways https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/14/the-twits-review-roald-dahl-animation-netflix #Animationinfilm #Filmadaptations #Familyfilms #Comedyfilms #RoaldDahl #Netflix #Culture #Books #Media #Film

The Woman in Cabin 10 review – silliness of Keira Knightley megayacht thriller tips it overboard https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/10/the-woman-in-cabin-10-review-keira-knightley-megayacht-thriller #Newspapers&magazines #Nationalnewspapers #HannahWaddingham #Television&radio #Filmadaptations #KeiraKnightley #DavidMorrissey #TheGuardian #Newspapers #Thrillers #GuyPearce #Culture #Stage #Media #Books #Film

‘I’m a hustler, a grinder’: Teyana Taylor on music, motherhood and One Battle After Another https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/18/im-a-hustler-a-grinder-teyana-taylor-on-music-motherhood-and-one-battle-after-another #PaulThomasAnderson #PharrellWilliams #LeonardoDiCaprio #Filmadaptations #Popandrock #Dramafilms #KanyeWest #Culture #Music #Film #RB

The Man in My Basement review – Willem Dafoe is an unsettling guest in eerie psychodrama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/11/the-man-in-my-basement-review-willem-dafoe-is-an-unsettling-guest-in-eerie-psychodrama #Filmadaptations #WalterMosley #WillemDafoe #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Culture #Books #Film #Race

Steve review – Cillian Murphy is outstanding in ferocious reform school drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/05/steve-review-cillian-murphy-is-outstanding-in-ferocious-reform-school-drama #Torontofilmfestival2025 #Torontofilmfestival #Filmadaptations #CillianMurphy #TraceyUllman #EmilyWatson #Dramafilms #LittleSimz #Festivals #Culture #Books #Music #Film

Pierce Brosnan: ‘Pink Floyd were my landscape. I was a hippy’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/29/pierce-brosnan-pink-floyd-were-my-landscape-i-was-a-hippy-the-thursday-murder-club #Filmadaptations #PierceBrosnan #RichardOsman #Crimefilms #Culture #London #UKnews #Books #Film

Caught Stealing review – Darren Aronosky’s violent, chaotic and highly enjoyable crime flick https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/27/caught-stealing-review-darren-aronofsky-mother-the-whale-baseball #Television&radio #DarrenAronofsky #Filmadaptations #AustinButler #Comedyfilms #Crimefilms #ZoeKravitz #ReginaKing #Thrillers #MattSmith #Culture #Comedy #Books #Film

The Thursday Murder Club review – Richard Osman bestseller provides solid, star-stuffed entertainment https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/22/the-thursday-club-review-richard-osman-bestseller-provides-solid-star-stuffed-entertainment #Filmadaptations #PierceBrosnan #JonathanPryce #RichardEGrant #RichardOsman #DavidTennant #Olderpeople #Comedyfilms #HelenMirren #BenKingsley #Crimefilms #CeliaImrie #DanielMays #KatyBrand #Culture #Society #Comedy #Books #Stage #Film

Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s and Wake in Fright, dies aged 94 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/12/ted-kotcheff-director-of-first-blood-weekend-at-bernies-and-wake-in-fright-dies-aged-94 #Cannesfilmfestival #Berlinfilmfestival #SylvesterStallone #Television&radio #Filmadaptations #WakeInFright #Comedyfilms #Television #Thrillers #Festivals #Worldnews #Americas #Musicals #Culture #Theatre #Canada #Comedy #Books #Stage #Film

Post your questions for François Ozon https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/27/post-your-questions-for-francois-ozon #Filmadaptations #FrançoisOzon #Comedyfilms #Worldcinema #Thrillers #Worldnews #Musicals #Culture #Comedy #France #Europe #Books #Film

Why Conclave should win the best picture Oscar https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/20/why-conclave-should-win-the-best-picture-oscar #Filmadaptations #Awardsandprizes #RalphFiennes #RobertHarris #Conclave #Culture #Oscars #Books #Film

Why Conclave should win the best picture Oscar https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/20/why-conclave-should-win-the-best-picture-oscar #Filmadaptations #Awardsandprizes #RalphFiennes #RobertHarris #Conclave #Culture #Oscars #Books #Film

Long-delayed DiCaprio/Scorsese serial killer film Devil in the White City back on track https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/23/dicaprio-scorsese-serial-killer-film-devil-in-the-white-city-back-on-track #Periodandhistoricalfilms #LeonardoDiCaprio #Filmadaptations #MartinScorsese #Crimefilms #Worldnews #UScrime #Chicago #Culture #USnews #Books #Film

David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Muholland Drive director, dies aged 78 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/16/david-lynch-twin-peaks-and-muholland-drive-director-dies-aged-78 #Television&radio #MulhollandDrive #Filmadaptations #Awardsandprizes #TheElephantMan #DavidLynch #Shortfilms #TwinPeaks #Worldnews #Culture #USnews #Oscars #Books #Film

That Christmas review – seasonal Richard Curtis yarn is kid-friendly but short on ho-ho-hos https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/27/that-christmas-review-richard-curtis-brian-cox #Animationinfilm #Filmadaptations #RichardCurtis #Lifeandstyle #Familyfilms #Christmas #BrianCox #Netflix #Culture #Books #Media #Film

Can DC really pull off a Sgt Rock movie with Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino on board? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/22/can-dc-really-pull-off-a-sgt-rock-movie-with-daniel-craig-and-luca-guadagnino-on-board #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Comicsandgraphicnovels #Superheromovies #Filmadaptations #LucaGuadagnino #DanielCraig #DCComics #Warfilms #Culture #Books #Film

The Piano Lesson review – Washington family get stuck into August Wilson’s powerful play https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/07/the-piano-lesson-review-washington-family-get-stuck-into-august-wilsons-powerful-play #JohnDavidWashington #DenzelWashington #Filmadaptations #BlackUSculture #SamuelLJackson #AugustWilson #Dramafilms #Culture #Stage #Film

Paddington in Peru review – you can take the bear out of South America, but think twice before taking him back https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/04/paddington-in-peru-review #Television&radio #Filmadaptations #AntonioBanderas #HughBonneville #EmilyMortimer #OliviaColman #Comedyfilms #Paddington #BenWhishaw #Culture #Comedy #Books #Film

What better time is there to enjoy a good literary #Adaptation than autumn?! 🍂
Here's 2 newcomers in our collection, on #AdaptationStudies: one on #AgathaChristie #FilmAdaptations & one on #PennyDreadful!

#FilmStudies #LiteraryStudies #BritishStudies #EnglishLiterature

What better time is there to enjoy a good literary #Adaptation than autumn?! 🍂
Here's 2 newcomers in our collection, on #AdaptationStudies: one on #AgathaChristie #FilmAdaptations & one on #PennyDreadful!

#FilmStudies #LiteraryStudies #BritishStudies #EnglishLiterature

Maggie Smith was the grandest of grande dames – and a true cinematic superstar | Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/maggie-smith-cinematic-superstar #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Filmadaptations #ARoomwithaView #MaggieSmith #Comedyfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #Comedy #Books #Film

‘I filed my copy from Waterloo station loos’: the Guardian’s theatre critics assess The Critic https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/17/ian-mckellen-the-critic-theatre-i-filed-my-copy-from-waterloo-station-loos #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Filmadaptations #IanMcKellen #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Theatre #Culture #Stage #Books #Film