Personal Velocity (2002)
Screenplay by Rebecca Miller, based on her book
Directed by Rebecca Miller
Produced by Blue Magic Pictures/ Goldheart Pictures/ InDigEnt
Running time: 86 minutes
So, What’s This About?
In the first of three portraits of women in a state of flux, Delia (Kyra Sedgwick) leaves an abusive husband with her three children in tow. She moves into [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Based on short story'
Some Basic Feminist Thing
September 10th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Ambiguous ending · Based on short story · Drunk scene · Father/daughter relationship · Mother/daughter relationship · Road trip
Living In Such Peril
August 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
Screenplay by Kelly Reichardt & Jon Raymond, based on the short story Train Choir by Jon Raymond
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
Produced by filmscience/ Glass Eye Pix
Running time: 80 minutes
So, What’s This About?
Wendy Carroll (Michelle Williams) treks through the woods near a town in Oregon with her dog, Lucy. They stumble onto some [...]
Tags: Ambiguous ending · Based on short story · Interrogation · No opening credits · Road trip · Small town · Woman in jeopardy
Is This The Most Hated Film of All Time?
May 14th, 2009 · 11 Comments
The Thing (1982)
Screenplay by Bill Lancaster, based on the short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
Directed by John Carpenter
Produced by Turman-Foster Company/ David Foster Productions/ Universal Pictures
Running time: 109 minutes
What the *&#! Is This About?
In Antarctica, a Siberian Husky races across a field of ice. In the sky above, a [...]
Tags: Ambiguous ending · Based on short story · Beasts and monsters · Cult favorite · End of the world · Forensic evidence · Man vs. machine · Paranoia
Utterly Pissed At the Ending
May 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments
The Mist (2007)
Screenplay by Frank Darabont, based on the novella by Stephen King
Directed by Frank Darabont
Produced by Darkwoods Productions/ Dimension Films
Running time: 126 minutes
What the *&#! Is This About?
In the town of “Castle Rock,” Maine, a powerful electrical storm sends a tree through the lakeside home of graphic designer David Drayton (Thomas Jane), his [...]
Tags: Alternate universe · Ambiguous ending · Based on short story · Beasts and monsters · End of the world · Father/son relationship · Military · Paranoia · Small town










