Movies Adapted From Books
Saoirse Ronan breaks Timothee Chalamet's heart.
What is Little Women (2019)?
An inspiration for all the manic pixie dream girls out there.
What is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)?
Alp: "The amount of yellow filter put me off a little bit."
What is The Surfer (2024)?
Symmetrical frames, pastel colours, deadpan dialogue, all-star casts...
Who is Wes Anderson?
We saw someone dressed as the protagonist in this movie on Halloween.
What is Taxi Driver (1976)?
The writer of the book this movie was adapted from is from Leith.
What is Trainspotting (1996)?
This movie is set in a budget motel on the outskirts of Disney World.
What is The Florida Project (2017)?
Haunted dolls, birthday cards, and cryptic symbols
What is Longlegs (2024)?
Red curtains, backwards-talking dream men, and small-town nightmares...
Who is David Lynch?
Told in reverse and riddled with Polaroids, this 2000 film follows a man with short-term memory loss trying to solve his wife’s murder.
What is Memento (2000)?
Adapted from a nonfiction book, this film tells the story of the FBI's first major homicide case.
What is Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)?
Timothee Chalamet breaks Saoirse Ronan's heart.
What is Lady Bird (2017)?
"This is a snakeskin jacket! And for me it's a symbol of my individuality, and my belief... in personal freedom."
What is Wild at Heart (1990)?
Sweeping landscapes, masterful use of weather, and samurai caught between honor and chaos...
Who is Akira Kurosawa?
My Letterboxd review for this movie: "Why is he lowkey the perfect guy: 1. Quiet 2. Has a car"
What is Drive (2011)?
This movie, adapted from a graphic novel-style memoir, is co-directed by the book's author and uses stark black-and-white visuals to depict life under post-revolutionary Iran and exile in Europe.
What is Persepolis (2007)?
The title of this 2012 movie comes from a mailbox that could not fit the protagonist's entire last name.
What is Frances Ha (2012)?
Playing both a neurotic screenwriter and his far more confident twin, Cage blurs fiction and reality in this 2002 meta-comedy based on a book about orchids.
What is Adaptation. (2002)?
Dark comedy, Americana, absurd violence, nihilist bowling alleys, snow-covered ransoms...(Hint: there are two of them)
Who are the Coen Brothers?
In this 1974 film, a private eye uncovers a web of water, wealth, and incest in a sunlit LA.
What is Chinatown (1974)?
Elif took Alp to watch this movie in Glasgow.
What is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)?
This film, adapted from the unpublished play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, uses shifting actors and subtle lighting cues to explore intersectional identity across three stages of life.
What is Moonlight (2016)?
Cage is an ex-con who kidnaps a baby to start a family with an ex-cop.
What is Raising Arizona (1987)?
Whispery voiceovers, golden-hour lighting, and sweeping Steadicam shots that turn wheat fields and falling leaves into spiritual metaphors...
Who is Terrence Malick?
A glass of gin, a disappearing cat, and a Malibu murder...
What is The Long Goodbye (1973)?