You can now watch Cat Person—among other literary adaptations at Sundance—online.
If you’ve ever dreamed of being cool enough to go to Sundance (same), I’ve got good news for you: you can buy tickets for virtual screenings for only $20 a pop! This year’s fest has an enticing lineup, as always, but we’re a website about books, so we recommend the following literary adaptations (and lit-adjacent films).
Films will be available starting at 8:00 a.m. MT tomorrow, and you can start your screening at any time until 11:55 p.m. MT on January 29th. Buy your tickets here, and happy streaming!
Cat Person
Based on: Kristen Roupenian’s viral short story “Cat Person”
Shortcomings
Based on: Adrian Tomine’s 2009 graphic novel, Shortcomings
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Based on: Shere Hite’s 2004 book on female sexuality, The Hite Report, as well as archives and Hite’s personal journals
The Amazing Maurice
Based on: Terry Pratchett’s 2008 book, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
A few adaptations that aren’t streaming during the festival, but we’re excited to see down the road:
Eileen
Based on: Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2016 novel, Eileen
Fairyland
Based on: Alysia Abbott’s 2014 memoir,Fairyland
You Hurt My Feelings
Based on: Not an adaptation, but it’s about a novelist whose marriage is upended over her husband’s reaction to her latest book (yikes!)
Judy Blume Forever
Based on: The career of fan favorite Judy Blume
Landscape with Invisible Hand
Based on: M.T. Anderson’s 2019 novel, Landscape with Invisible Hand
Eliza Smith
Eliza Smith, with Haley Swanson, was co-editor of Sex and the Single Woman, an essay anthology based on Helen Gurley Brown's Sex and the Single Girl (Harper Perennial, 2022).
