Basement Whatever

It is one thing to take a beloved, multilayered book and make a movie that sets it in a new direction. It is quite another to make an adaptation that seems determined to reverse the meaning of the entire story. This film takes a thoughtful, political, radical work of art by a woman and makes it shallow and individualist, with a message that seems to justify the obscene system we live in.
— Read on heatherparry.substack.com/p/this-is-not-an-essay-about-emerald

“Rant” diminishes it; this is legitimate criticism from someone who knows the source material, understands it, and is brave enough to criticize a multimillion dollar version of it. Highly recommended. It is always good to see people who care deeply, willing to engage deeply.