‘Lord of the Flies’ Review: The Kids Are Not Alright, but Netflix’s Sumptuous, Haunting William Golding Adaptation Is Pretty Great

‘Lord of the Flies’ Review: The Kids Are Not Alright, but Netflix’s Sumptuous, Haunting William Golding Adaptation Is Pretty Great

Lord of the Flies, William Golding‘s 1954 novel, is one of those properties that feels like it has constantly been adapted for the screen — even though beyond films by Peter Brook (1963) and Harry Hook (1990), both intriguing yet imperfect, it has actually very rarely been adapted. Sure, there was a 1975 Filipino movie…

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‘Adolescence’ Co-Creator Jack Thorne Elected President of Writers’ Guild of Great Britain

‘Adolescence’ Co-Creator Jack Thorne Elected President of Writers’ Guild of Great Britain

British screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne, best known for Adolescence and His Dark Materials, has been elected president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB). Thorne, who also wrote Help, This Is England ’90 and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, steps into the role vacated by Sandi Toksvig at the union, which represents professional writers…

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#Erin Doherty Unpacks Her One-Shot ‘Adolescence’ Episode: “I’ve Never Been a Part of a Project This Intense”

#Erin Doherty Unpacks Her One-Shot ‘Adolescence’ Episode: “I’ve Never Been a Part of a Project This Intense”

[This story contains spoilers up to episode three of Adolescence.] Everyone’s talking about Adolescence, and Erin Doherty knows why. The four episodes of Netflix‘s latest miniseries (hailed as “perfection,” a “masterclass” and “powerful TV“) are each filmed in one, consecutive shot, leaving audience members flummoxed at the stellar acting and trying to make sense of…

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#Series Subtly Comes of Age – /Film

#Series Subtly Comes of Age – /Film

“#Series Subtly Comes of Age – /Film” Last year, His Dark Materials arrived at the epic fantasy arena with big ambitions and big visions of the future. But the first season of the BBC/HBO series adaptation of Philip Pullman’s acclaimed trilogy had the unfortunate tendency to put the cart before the horse, resulting in a…

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