SPOILER ALERT: This Q&A contains spoilers for the ending of “Nightbitch,” out now in theaters.
A stream-of-consciousness novel about a stay-at-home mom who sometimes turns into a dog isn’t exactly the easiest material to adapt. One might even call it “unfilmable.” For “Nightbitch” director and writer Marielle Heller, that was exactly the appeal.
“When you read something that feels reflective of your own experience, it’s such an exuberant and meaningful experience,” she tells Variety. “It gave me more room to actually start from scratch, and write it as a film in a way that I didn’t feel as limited. Sometimes when a novel is written in a way
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