Colm Toíbin’s novel Brooklyn was in many ways a perfect book, a taut and heartwrenching story of a young Irish woman, Eilis, and her traumatic …
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Adaptation
Mockingjay Part 1: too many hovercrafts, not enough Finnick
By chasing after a PG13 rating, Mockingjay Part 1 has lost much of the moral ambiguity that made the books so interesting. …
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Gone Girl: a feminist book gets watered down to a thrilling piece of pulp fiction
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more faithful screen adaptation of a novel than David Fincher’s film Gone Girl, which was also written by the book’s author, …
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Review: The Girl on Fire burns on, but not as brightly
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is the rare intelligent mainstream film that’s full of compelling characters and emotional weight. …