© 2025 KOSU
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

The art of the book-to-film adaptation: Some of 2023's best movies were based on books

A man reads a book in front of the TV. (Helena Lopes/Getty Images)
A man reads a book in front of the TV. (Helena Lopes/Getty Images)

Half of this year’s Best Picture Oscar nominees were based on novels or non-fiction titles. With Traci Thomas, creator of “The Stacks” podcast, we take a look at “American Fiction” as well as “Killers of the Flower Moon” and consider the art of book-to-film adaptation.

 

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

KOSU is nonprofit and independent. We rely on readers like you to support the local, national, and international coverage on this website. Your support makes this news available to everyone.

Give today. A monthly donation of $5 makes a real difference.