Dune. Oppenheimer. American Fiction. These acclaimed movies all started as books. Our eyes see Oppenheimer! Congratulations to Cillian Murphy, Christopher Nolan and all of the other winners from the 96th Academy Awards. So how well do you know your page-to-screen adaptations — and how many have won an Oscar? In between buying snacks for […]
The Oscars are all about the movies, but it’s usually a good night for book lovers too. This year, for example, four of the nine nominees for Best Picture are adaptations of books—The Wolf of Wall Street, 12 Years a Slave, Captain Phillips (A Captain’s Duty), and Philomena (The Lost Child of Philomena Lee). Of course, it […]