Last week, we considered the art of the adaptation in film, the pros and cons of taking a novel and making it into a film. As we discussed, it’s not an easy process, and takes a lot more creativity, diligence, and daring than many of us can, I think, appreciate. Today, the Academy of Motion … Continue reading At the Movies: Reading the Nominees
The Guardian describes the newly-released adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel “Ben Affleck’s love letter to – and hopefully death knell of – the classic Hollywood gangster flick.” And while the first part of this is definitely true, I think the latter part of that statement is unfair. Its’ true that Ben didn’t seem able to decide what … Continue reading At the Movies: Live By Night
Are you a film buff? Do you come into the Library and make a beeline for the new DVDs? If so, today is a day worth celebrating–it’s the anniversary of the first commercial film screening. Film History actually goes back to the 1830s, as various European inventors worked on creating spinning disks with images inside … Continue reading At the Movies: Workers Leaving The Lumière Factory in Lyon
It isn’t often that summer blockbusters stir much controversy…unless one’s definition of “controversy” includes “Why Will Smith didn’t appear in Independence Day: Resurgence“. However, there is one film currently gracing the silver screen that has been getting a lot of attention, and not always for the most inspiring of reasons. There had been talk about the production … Continue reading At the Movies: Ghostbusters
“It is not with my brain, not with my eyes, not with my hands that I want to be creative, but with my heart and with my blood.” Lili Elbe, the first person to successfully undergo gender assignment surgery, and the subject of the new film The Danish Girl, was born Einar Wegener on December 28, 1882 … Continue reading At The Movies: The Danish Girl
Ok, ok, I realize this film came out in November, but one of the joys of Hermitage Week (or Hermitage Month…or Hermitage Season!) is getting to catch up on the films you still haven’t had time to enjoy, as well as the books, and this film had been on my “To See” List about a … Continue reading At the Movies: Creed
This is a very tricky post to write without getting mired in a vast quagmire of spoilery-spoilers, but we’re going to give it our best shot. Crimson Peak has been touted as several things, all at once: a horror movie, a gothic romance, and, perhaps, most interestingly, as a feminist revisionary tale. While the jury still seems to … Continue reading At the Movies: Crimson Peak