Current Events and the Big Screen: ‘Rosewater’ and the Arab Spring
By Haley Houseman. Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show encourages us to take our current events with both seriousness and levity, but the crux of his directorial…
Tag: Fauxscars
‘American Sniper’ and the Problem of Adapting Memoir
By Antoinette Weil As American Sniper settles into the throne of top-grossing war movie of all time, the controversy surrounding the film has yet to cease. Cries…
The Hundred-Foot Journey: Comforts of Food and Home
By Haley Houseman The Hundred-Foot Journey is as much about the homes we carry with us, as it is about the food and culture that…
The Theory of Everything: An Imperfect Romance of Love and Science
By Alex Nicoll The Theory of Everything begins with a scene of Stephen Hawking riding a bicycle. This image is all foreshadowing: of Stephen’s impending…
The Giver: Adapting the Original YA Dystopia
By Antoinette Weil “The important thing is that a film doesn’t obliterate a book. The movie is here now. But the book hasn’t gone away.…
Before 50 Shades of Grey: 7 Classic Works of Erotic Literature
by Katy Kelleher It’s no secret that some members of the Literary Traveler staff are fans of the EL James novel, 50 Shades of Grey,…
Gone Girl: What’s Lost in Translation and Does it Matter?
By Wesley Sharer When I think of my wife I always think of her head. I picture cracking her lovely skull, unspooling her brains, trying…
The 2015 Literary Fauxscars: And the Nominees are…
By Amanda Festa Award show season is here again, and while the Academy Awards has its merits, one “Best Adapted Screenplay” category hardly seems like…
The 2014 Literary Fauxscars: The Results are In!
By Amanda Festa The staff at Literary Traveler has spent a busy month reading, watching, and reviewing this year’s selection of adaptations. It’s been a…
The Adaption Comes Full Circle: The True Story of Philomena’s Lost Child
By Jessica Monk Ultimately the tragedy of the movie and its redemption turn out to be one and the same: that Philomena and her son…