Skip To Main Content
Elaina Patton on Muck Rack

Elaina Patton

Verified
New York
As seen in: MSN, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News, Yahoo News UK, Aol, NBC News, NBC Out, The New Yorker and
Contributor of cultural musings for @nbcout, @voguemagazine, @IndieWire and elsewhere. Middling social media user. Contact me at: epatton2160@gmail.com

Get in touch with Elaina

Contact Elaina, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Articles

Why Georgia Oakley Didn’t Want to Modernize Jane Austen for Her New Film of ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Original

|
By Elaina Patton Verified
| IndieWire Verified
English director Georgia Oakley showcased a distinctive, naturalistic style — and her ability to translate a personal story into an original script — with her freshman feature, “Blue Jean.” The atmospheric drama followed a closeted physical ed teacher in Newcastle, navigating the introduction of Margaret Thatcher’s Section 28 anti-gay law. So a Regency period piece with an adapted screenplay already attached wasn’t the most expected choice for her second film.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (2) Issue with article?

Dolly Parton’s Best Acting Roles, from ‘9 to 5’ to ‘Steel Magnolias’

|
By Elaina Patton Verified
| IndieWire Verified
GDPR We process your data to deliver content or advertisements and measure the delivery of such content or advertisements to extract insights about our website. We share this information with our partners on the basis of consent and legitimate interest. You may exercise your right to consent or object to a legitimate interest, based on a specific purpose below or at a partner level in the link under each purpose.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (678) Issue with article?

Before Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ the 1997 TV Miniseries Was the Ultimate (and Very Much Unserious) Homer Adaptation Original

|
By Elaina Patton Verified
| IndieWire Verified
Christopher Nolan has landed another IMAX-sized hit with “The Odyssey,” his new effects-driven twist on the ancient epic, starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, and many of the other highest earners in Hollywood. But the “Oppenheimer” director isn’t the first to attempt to adapt the Homeric poem about Odysseus’ meandering journey home from the Trojan War.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (2) Issue with article?
See all 485 licensed articles (494 Total)