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Judging this version against an apparent ‘original’ misunderstands both the ancient poem and how myth actually works.
Accurate adaptations of canonical texts are few and far between – but these films and miniseries stand out for their fidelity to the source material.
Fennell’s Wuthering Heights turns a gothic tragedy into erotica for the TikTok generation. It’s terrifying for all the wrong reasons.
Meticulously constructed and shot, this four part anthology series gets Murakami’s love of moving from the mundane to the ridiculous.
When film adaptations disappoint, it’s not bad filmmaking necessarily but a clash with the private images we create when we read.
From Carrie to The Shawshank Redemption, there are now more than 50 Stephen King film adaptations - making him one of the most adapted authors alive.
Video games are a very different media from films, with different functions and representational strengths and weaknesses that make adaptations challenging.
A new film adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot’ swaps in an owl for the book’s haunting whip-poor-wills, showing how species loss is also tied into cultural loss.
It was the film that put the gangsta in Shakespeare: loud, brash, and brimming with pistols and gold chains.
He called them ‘stinkers’ and ‘nauseating little warts’, but author Roald Dahl’s characterisation of children as vulnerable is necessary for them to ultimately triumph.
It’s a very modern version which gives the female characters more agency than in previous adaptations.
John Wyndham’s book The Midwich Cuckoos is set to be adapted for the screen for the third time. The tale of otherworldly children resonates with audiences today as much as it did in 1957.
H. G. Wells helped pioneer science fiction with his 1898 book The War of the Worlds. Many iterations later, it still scares and fascinates us.
Heroes and heroines of Classical Greek tragedy used to get all the glory. Today scholars, and theatre and film directors are looking to what the minor players can tell us about the zeitgeist.
There was an outcry in the LGBT community when the ending of Fiona Shaw’s bestselling novel was changed for the film.
Everyone has a favourite novel that hasn’t made it to the screen. Here’s why.
This year three of his stories are being adapted for viewers.
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