Babyteeth is a quirky, surprising, and ultimately very moving film about teenage terminal illness that is less a wistful tearjerker than it is a coming-of-age …
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Stage vs. Screen
Explore the cross-pollination between film and theater and the unique magic of each medium.
Rupert Goold on Judy and directing for film vs. theatre
The Almeida Theatre's Artistic Director Rupert Goold discusses his new film Judy, and the differences between directing for film and theatre. Judy Garland …
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Journey’s End is a thoughtful, modern screen adaptation
Saul Dibb’s adaptation of the acclaimed play Journey's End sees the source material through a modern lens and makes use of the intimacy unique to the cinematic …
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Sally Potter’s The Party is a dynamic, witty ensemble film
The premise of The Party — seven characters trapped in a house, for 71 minutes, as secrets are revealed and lives potentially irreparably changed — sounds like …
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Davies’ adaptation of The Deep Blue Sea is a memory film with an unreliable narrator
In Terence Davies' screen adaptation of Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea, Davies plunges us into Hester's memories, nudging us to accept her interpretation of …
Review: Marjorie Prime is a failed stage-to-screen adaptation
Michael Almereyda's screen adaptation of the Pulitzer-Prize nominated play Marjorie Prime never sheds its theatrical origins and fails to find new insights …
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