Screen International Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Deepest Breath
Meg Grehan
'The Deepest Breath' CPH:DOX Review: This exploration of freediving is a "nerve-shredding experience. Laura McGann’s astute assemblage captures the liquid danger of the dark depths" says Fionnuala Halligan. #cphdox https://t.co/AePqDdOhLs
Hardcover, 2021
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales
Margaret Atwood
Lynne Ramsay says she is "hoping" to shoot 'Stone Mattress' this year. The film, starring Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh, is an adaptation of a Margaret Atwood story about a woman on an Arctic cruise who meets a man who raped her 50 years ago. Details: https://t.co/2GVx9fTa1d https://t.co/jU8AHL5t9P
Paperback, 2015
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Black Barbie
Comfort Arthur
'Black Barbie' SXSW Review: "Lagueria Davis’ thoughtful documentary explores how Black girls are harmed by not seeing themselves in Barbie’s blonde-haired, white-skinned prettiness" says @TimGrierson #SXSW2023 https://t.co/W2oA1U5fFm
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Graham Norton
🎤💃🎤💃🎤 @Eurovision will screen in 449 cinemas across the UK this weekend. Cinemas are holding fancy dress parties and allowing dancing within screenings. Graham Norton, @hanwaddingham, @AleshaOfficial & Julia Sanina will host the four-hour show: https://t.co/gGlBk7RGMR https://t.co/lElI4zaKs8
Paperback, 2018
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Reality: From Metaphysics to Metapolitics
Wynand de Beer
'Reality' Berlin Review: "Starts off feeling claustrophobic and grows even more so as it tells the true story of American whistleblower Reality Leigh Winner" says @TimGrierson #Berlinale2023 https://t.co/x3VCLrOUZ0 https://t.co/QcINMKamBb
Hardcover, 2019
$49.00$24.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hummingbird
Sandro Veronesi
'The Hummingbird' Toronto Review: "Francesca Archibugi’s adaptation of Sandro Veronesi’s novel [is a]sentimental but strangely insubstantial melodrama," says @AllanHunter_GFF https://t.co/oW2sNqODnc https://t.co/4EhcxI9dl8
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lies We Sing to the Sea
Sarah Underwood
Archery Pictures to adapt Sarah Underwood’s novel ‘Lies We Sing To The Sea’ https://t.co/NPfTuctfmX https://t.co/hE5Acotq4l
Hardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Matilda
Roald Dahl
'Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical' is a box office hit in the UK and Ireland - the only territory where it is playing wide in cinemas. The @SonyPicturesUK title increased its takings 53.8% on pre-Christmas, reaching a strong £21.5m. Full story: https://t.co/ahyjQx64bB https://t.co/nNtwXOeY8A
Paperback, 2007
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino
ICYMI: Horror 'Smile' became the first 18-rated film to top the UK-Ireland box office in over three years, since Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood' in August 2019. https://t.co/g8ErY7nQlY #SmileMovie https://t.co/rOTDDwKr7d
Paperback, Mass Market, 2021
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Women Talking
Miriam Toews
Sarah Polley on why 'Women Talking' meant so much to her “There were certain things I was having to come to terms with and articulate for myself that ended up finding their way into the adaptation" Read the interview here: https://t.co/yyx95xTbmo https://t.co/7mbyt0smFn
Paperback, 2020
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