adaptation

Science & Technology
Global Sustainability Challenge (GSC) participants compete at Stanford.

A sustainability ‘Olympics’: Stanford hosts inaugural Global Sustainability Challenge’s Americas final

Mara Hankins
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Feb. 19
Screen
A wide view of a sandy beach bordered by rocky cliffs, with small groups of people walking and sitting near the shoreline as waves roll in at sunset.

‘People We Meet on Vacation’ brings charming rom-com magic to the screen 

Audrey Chang
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Feb. 5
Culture
Program with photo of flower reading "Mrs. Warren: a modern adaptation. TAPS"

19th century classic, reimagined: Morality meets generational divide in ‘Mrs. Warren’

Charlotte Kearns
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Oct. 23, 2023
Screen
Joel and Ellie from HBO's "The Last of Us," with corresponding text overlayed.

HBO’s ‘The Last Of Us’: Finally breaking the video game to live-action curse?

Shayna Freedman
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April 6, 2023
Arts & Life
(Photo: Hulu)

‘Normal People’ and adaptation to the small screen

Angelina Hue
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May 14, 2020
The Grind
(Graphic: KIKI HOOD/The Stanford Daily)

The flower that blooms in adversity

Ecy King
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May 7, 2020
Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer deliver impassioned performances in Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence" (courtesy of Columbia Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Scorsese uses allusion to conjure up ‘The Age of Innocence’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Feb. 26, 2019
"Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse" demonstrates that some books must be seen on screen (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

Into the Adaptationverse – ‘Spiderverse’ proves that adaptations are necessary

Mark York
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Feb. 19, 2019
Arts & Life
Awkwafina stars in Lulu Wang's new film "The Farewell," which will be distributed by A24.

Sundance 2019, part 3: Best of the Fest

Olivia Popp
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Feb. 7, 2019
In "Call Me By Your Name," director Luca Guadagnino uses visuals, not voiceovers, to convey the characters' complex emotions (courtesy of Mongrel Media and Sony Pictures Classics).

What movies can do that books cannot

Carly Taylor
  •  
Feb. 1, 2019
Courtesy of CRASH Theater Co.

New York Minute: CRASH Theater Co.’s ‘TaRaRaBOOM’ explodes with absurdity and modernity

Alli Cruz
  •  
Oct. 12, 2018
Courtesy of Matthew Murphy

‘The Color Purple’ revival stuns and dazzles, emotionally and theatrically

Olivia Popp
  •  
May 30, 2018
Amy Adams in "Arrival." (Courtesy of Paramount Pictures)

Movie adaptations: Fraudulent or faithful?

Arts & Life Reads beat writers
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Feb. 13, 2018
“Ambition's debt is paid!” proclaims Brutus (Danforth Comins, with knife) after the assassination of Caesar (Armando Durán, in chair), with Metellus Cimber (Ted Deasy), Cassius (Rodney Gardiner) and Caska (Stephen Michael Spencer) in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2017 production of 'Julius Caesar' (Photo by Jenny Graham).

OSF pt. 1: Shaking up Shakespeare with ‘Henry IV, Part 1’ and ‘Julius Caesar’

Olivia Popp
  •  
Aug. 10, 2017
Brendon North and Anne Norland (Clarice Starling) in 'Silence! The Musical.'

‘Silence! The Musical’ brings raucous fun to San Francisco

Olivia Popp
  •  
April 11, 2017
Old Features
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Erratic performances make “Ender’s Game” a mediocre adaptation

Caleb Smith
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Nov. 7, 2013
The Stanford Daily

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