“You know, I thought I could be a normal woman, or a woman without a past,” said Jeannette Walls in a recent interview for “Inflection Point.” “I just wanted for once in my life to be defined by what ...

Back in 2005, Jeannette Walls' best-selling memoir The Glass Castle wowed critics and readers with its unbelievable rags-to-riches story. It's no surprise Hollywood wanted to adapt it, as writing ...

Cretton's adaptation of Jeanette Walls' memoir isn't groundbreaking, but Larson's soulful performance elevates an otherwise straightforward drama. Destin Daniel Cretton’s 2013 breakout drama “Short ...

Based on the memoir by Jeannette Walls, the film finds Larson stepping into the author's shoes as it traces her journey from poverty-stricken childhood to successful New York-based journalist Ale ...

Reading Jeannette Walls' 2005 memoir, The Glass Castle, is a roller coster. The story is essentially the definition of stranger than fiction. Told entirely from Walls' own perspective, the narrative ...

Finding the right follow-up project after your indie breakout is a challenge for emerging filmmakers. Every breakout independent filmmaker faces the same challenge: Now what? You could stick to your ...

“I was sitting in a taxi, wondering if I had overdressed for the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting through a Dumpster.” That’s the unnerving first sentence of Jeannette Walls’ ...

Based on an unsparing, unprettified 2005 family memoir by former gossip columnist Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle arrives on the big screen slicked up and eager to sooth when it should be ready to ...

The Glass Castle is the kind of film which used to be more common but doesn’t appear so often anymore – at least to this extent of quality, profile and budget. ‘Based on a true story about a ...