Book versus film: The 1994 ‘Little Women’ remains the best adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel

Gillian Armstrong’s film was recently made available for streaming on Netflix.

Vikram Johri

· Aug 14, 2018 · 08:15 am

Book versus movie: Brad Pitt-starrer ‘Moneyball’ takes the best of the text and makes it better

If you are even a tiny bit a sports fan, you will enjoy them both.

Utkarsh Srivastava

· Jun 09, 2018 · 09:15 am

Book versus movie: Latest adaptation of ‘Fahrenheit 451’ goes heavy on the underlining

Far too much is going on in Ramin Bahrani’s adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic 1953 novel.

Sanjay Sipahimalani

· May 27, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Interview: Behind the film on Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger is the story of an enduring friendship

Ramin Bahrani, to whom the novel is dedicated, is adapting the Booker Prize-winning work for Netflix.

Nandini Ramnath

· Apr 23, 2018 · 09:15 am

Book versus movie: What James Franco’s comedy doesn’t get about the memoir ‘The Disaster Artist’

The Oscar-nominated film does not adequately recreate Tommy Wiseau’s success in directing ‘the worst movie ever made’.

Vikram Johri

· Mar 24, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Why Anuja Chauhan is re-reading her bestselling debut novel ‘The Zoya Factor’

‘I have forgotten large amounts of it,’ said the author about the screenplay she has written for the movie version, starring Sonam Kapoor and Dulquer Salmaan.

Chandrima Pal

· Mar 19, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Books versus movie: Both versions of ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ lack bite and a moral core

Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Jordan Belfort’s memoir does not leave an impact.

Vikram Johri

· Mar 02, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Books versus movie: The churn in Ian McEwan’s ‘Atonement’ is missing on the screen

Joe Wright’s movie version does boast of a superb performance by Saoirse Ronan.

Bubla Basu

· Feb 05, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Books versus movie: ‘Strangers on A Train’ acquires new meaning in Alfred Hitchcock’s version

The 1951 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s gripping novel gets its edge from the director’s wit and visual imagination.

Bubla Basu

· Jan 22, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Book versus movie: Gay romance ‘Call Me By Your Name’ shimmers on the page and screen

Luca Guadagnino’s award-worthy movie is based on Andre Aciman’s acclaimed novel.

Vikram Johri

· Jan 12, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Vladimir Nabokov wrote a 400-page screenplay for ‘Lolita’. It needs to be made into a film

The writer merged writing and cinema, bringing the art forms together like no one before or since.

Margaret Leclere, The Conversation

· Jan 09, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Book versus movie: ‘Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda’ is a masterly adaptation of a brilliant novel

The themes of Dharamvir Bharti’s novel are beautifully explored in Shyam Benegal’s adaptation.

Nirupama Kotru

· Dec 13, 2017 · 01:30 pm