Your guide to past, present and future books-to-film adaptations
"A Wrinkle in Time" hits theaters this month. It's one of several books being turned into a movie this year. So what are the must-see stories that have made it to the big screen? What should you see in 2018? And what should you skip?
5 Amazing book-to-film adaptations:
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Skip the book, just see the movie:
• "Jaws"
Films you didn't know were books:
Top 2018 Books to film:
Advice for watching books made into films:
• "I always try to view them as separate entities because I think they're two different mediums. You should view and criticize one differently than you do the other." — Matt Keliher
• "I think science fiction lends itself well [to film]. We love to come in to a movie to see a spectacle. So science fiction books lend themselves well to that." — Peter Schilling
Guests:
• Lily Percy Ruiz — Executive Producer of On Being
• Matt Keliher — Manager of Subtext Books
• Peter Schilling — Publicity and Outreach Coordinator for Minneapolis and St. Paul Film Society
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