The 13 Best Literary Adaptations of 2022

The 13 Best Literary Adaptations of 2022

Just in Time for Your Annual Hibernation

By Emily Temple | December 16, 2022

What’s So Bad About Melodrama? In Defense of Forgotten Classic <em>Random Harvest</em>

What’s So Bad About Melodrama? In Defense of Forgotten Classic Random Harvest

Meg Walters Revisits the Adaptation for Its 80th Anniversary

By Meg Walters | December 16, 2022

The Wild, Wonderful, and Poetic World of Ralphie Parker

The Wild, Wonderful, and Poetic World of Ralphie Parker

Matt Mitchell on Midwestern Humorist Jean Shepherd and the Christmas Story Universe

By Matt Mitchell | December 14, 2022

The <em>Kindred</em> Adaptation Reclaims Octavia Butler’s “Grim Fantasy” for a New Era

The Kindred Adaptation Reclaims Octavia Butler’s “Grim Fantasy” for a New Era

Gabrielle Bellot: “No matter how long ago slavery might seem, it is always disquietingly close to us, both in time and memory.”

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 12, 2022

What to Read Before and After <em>The Adventures of Saul Bellow</em>

What to Read Before and After The Adventures of Saul Bellow

Readings on the Life and Works of a Literary Icon

By Literary Hub | December 9, 2022

Damage Control: Why Are We Allowing Hollywood to Codify the #MeToo Movement?

Damage Control: Why Are We Allowing Hollywood to Codify the #MeToo Movement?

Xandra Ellin on She Said and the #MeToo Cinematic Universe

By Xandra Ellin | December 8, 2022

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In The Super 8 Years, Annie Ernaux Drifts Between Domesticity and Creativity

By Julia Sirmons | December 6, 2022

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 5, 2022

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in December

By Emily Temple | December 2, 2022

’Tis the Season: What 80s Mall Movies Tell Us About an Enduring Site of American Tension

’Tis the Season: What 80s Mall Movies Tell Us About an Enduring Site of American Tension

Sara Bernstein Surveys a Beloved Oeuvre

By Sara Tatyana Bernstein | December 2, 2022

Quentin Tarantino on How He Never Intended to Write a Book of Film History

Quentin Tarantino on How He Never Intended to Write a Book of Film History

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | December 2, 2022

The Art of Designing the Graphics For the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beast Films

The Art of Designing the Graphics For the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beast Films

MinaLima in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 2, 2022

Cannibals or Ghouls? The Elusiveness of Language in <em>Bones and All</em>

Cannibals or Ghouls? The Elusiveness of Language in Bones and All

Miyako Pleines on the Crucial Distinction Between Choice and Curse

By Miyako Pleines | December 1, 2022

With the Ancestors: Buki Papillon on African Folklore and <em>Wakanda Forever</em>

With the Ancestors: Buki Papillon on African Folklore and Wakanda Forever

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 1, 2022

In Netflix’s <em>Lady Chatterley’s Lover</em>, a Controversial Classic Becomes a Glossy Love Story

In Netflix’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, a Controversial Classic Becomes a Glossy Love Story

But Yes, There’s Still Plenty of Sex

By Meg Walters | November 30, 2022

Tess Gunty's <em>The Rabbit Hutch</em> is coming to the screen.

Tess Gunty's The Rabbit Hutch is coming to the screen.

By Dan Sheehan | November 29, 2022

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