My role in the longest film ever
Ronald Bergan volunteers for a 170 hour performance of a Marcel Proust epic
Watchmen: the story so far
Blog: The lawsuit between Fox and Warner Bros is just the latest hurdle in the troubled history of the Moore adaptation
The Watchmen movie court case to proceed
News: Fox is suing Warner Bros over the screen adaptation of the 80s graphic novel, which inspired TV show Heroes
Radiohead donate song to Palahniuk film adaptation
The song Reckoner from In Rainbows will soundtrack the closing credits
Elegy
Philip French: Ben Kingsley and Penélope Cruz play teacher-student lovers in Elegy, a rare and sympathetic adaptation of a Philip Roth story
Elegy
Philip Roth's painful tale of a midlife crisis gets an intelligent adaptation, but ends up less acerbic than the original
Why Francois Ozon’s Angel makes me nervous
Elizabeth Taylor's 1957 novel was a shrewd portrait of a successful writer of silly romances and one of my favourite books. Can François Ozon's film adaptation hope to equal it?
Sweetness and light
The story of a spinster who discovers cocktails and kissing, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is almost the perfect fairytale. Can the new film possibly be as enchanting as the novel, asks Bee Wilson
Sarah Jessica Parker to star in The Ivy Chronicles
Sex and the City star to trade her designer dresses for the life of a lone parent in novel adaptation
Colin Firth joins cast of Dorian Gray
Mamma Mia! actor to star in big screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic
Film trailer: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Film adaptation of Toby Young's chronicle of his descent from promising journalist to dismal failure at New York's most prestigious magazine
Can cinema play by the book?
Fine novels can make fine films. A new season on Booker adaptations shows us how...
Tommy Lee Jones sets sail with Hemingway adaptation
Geoffrey Macnab: There was a comical moment when Tommy Lee Jones met distributors in Cannes to talk about his new project
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Retail: After a long run of disappointments since his 90s triumphs, it's pleasing to report that Tim Burton's gruesome musical adaptation is a thoroughly satisfying view
‘Sentimental’ Sex and the City hits London
The film adaptation of the hit TV comedy had its world premiere in London's Leicester Square, with early reviewers griping about extensive product placement and too much testosterone (on the part of reviewers)