Poets & Writers Theater
Every day we share a new clip of interest to creative writers—author readings, book trailers, publishing panels, craft talks, and more. So grab some popcorn, filter the theater tags by keyword or genre, and explore our sizable archive of literary videos.
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“That’s the thing about writing. It’s about sitting with the problem.” In this Behind the Curtain video, screenwriter and director Greta Gerwig talks about adapting Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel Little Women into a film and the challenges of the writing process.
Tags: Fiction | Greta Gerwig | Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | film adaptation | writing process | Behind the Curtain | screenwriting | 2020 -
Watch the trailer for White Noise, a Netflix film adaptation of the 1985 National Book Award-winning novel of the same name by Don DeLillo, written and directed by Noah Baumbach and starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig.
Tags: Fiction | White Noise | film adaptation | movie trailer | Noah Baumbach | Don DeLillo | Adam Driver | Greta Gerwig | Netflix | 2022 -
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s classic coming-of-age novel, has been adapted into a feature film directed by Greta Gerwig. The story takes place in the years following the American Civil War and revolves around the March sisters played by Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, Eliza Scanlen, and Emma Watson.
Tags: Fiction | Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | movie trailer | trailer | film adaptation | Greta Gerwig | 2019
