‘Eileen’ Is a Beguiling—and Less Disgusting—Adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh's Novel
Ottessa Moshfegh often writes the kind of books that seem unfilmable. Her stories are not typically impossible or too narratively thorny to make for a coherent viewing experience (though her most recent novel, the divisive Lapvona, is both of those things). It’s more like the depths of human filth she mines are too…