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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 have been looking for each other, and that they have found each other...
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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 enough space to praise and pan the wide selection...
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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 debut is the cost and power that such glibness...
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“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” Gives an Unlikely Lesson in Adaptation, is...
by Mary Kate Costigan As a teenager, I once made a list of inaccuracies between Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and its movie counterpart. I got to 67 items and decided this meant that the...
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Celebrating the Fauxscars: Why the 2020 Emma Outshines the 1996 Adaptation
By Hannah White It often feels like today is mirroring the Austen craze of the 90s. Historical or period dramas like Bridgerton and The Great are dominating streaming services. Netflix announced that...
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