Category Archives: Bookish films

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (and The Green Knight)

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Teresa

When I made plans earlier this week to go see The Green Knight, I thought it would be interesting to revisit the original 14th-century poem on which this movie is based. I’d read the poem in college (it was the first … Continue reading →

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The Shining (film)

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Jenny

You all know by now that Teresa and I are both big Stephen King fans, and The Shining is one of his best novels. But to be honest, with a couple of exceptions (The Shawshank Redemption) movie adaptations of King’s … Continue reading →

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Page to Screen: It

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Teresa

I love a good horror movie, so I was delighted when the film version of It came out last year and got good reviews, although it took me until this week to get around to seeing it. I shouldn’t have bothered. … Continue reading →

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Little Dorrit (TV series)

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Jenny

Recently, my friend Laura loaned me her copy of the 2008 BBC production of Little Dorrit. I watched it over a couple of days — it’s 14 half-hour episodes — and thought I would just mention it here. Little Dorrit … Continue reading →

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Bookish Films Roundup

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Jenny

I was in bed sick last week, and I watched a lot of movies while I was down. As it happens, almost every film I watched was based on a book. I thought I’d give you a few of my … Continue reading →

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Jane Eyre (film)

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Jenny

A couple of weeks ago, newly released from classes, I did something I never, ever do any more: I took myself to see the new Jane Eyre, starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. Jane Eyre is a novel I love … Continue reading →

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Sunday Salon: Literary Adaptations

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Teresa

The other night, I (finally) watched the film adaptation of one of my favorite novels, Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. The 1996 film, directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet, was a fine adaptation—perfectly cast … Continue reading →

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Before the Fact

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Teresa

From the very first paragraph, it’s obvious that the 1932 novel Before the Fact by Francis Iles (a pen name for Anthony Berkeley Cox) is not a typical Golden Age mystery. Golden Age mysteries are typically “whodunits” or “howdunits” in … Continue reading →

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Capsule Reviews: Bookish Films

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Jenny

Recently, I’ve watched a whole bunch of movies or miniseries that are based on literature. I haven’t had time to write real reviews of them, but I like talking about films almost as much as I like talking about books, … Continue reading →

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L.A. Confidential

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Jenny

There’s hardboiled fiction, which portrays crime and violence unsentimentally, and in which the detective is usually cool, cocky, and flippant, but relatively honest. Then there’s noir fiction, in which the protagonist is usually not a detective at all, but a victim, … Continue reading →

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