Joy McEntee is an adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She is the coeditor of Kubrick and Race (2025) and author of Stanley Kubrick and Women (forthcoming). Her work has also been published in a number of journals, including Senses of Cinema, Film Criticism, Camera Obscura, Adaptation, and the Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance.
This book traces the intertextual genealogy behind Netflix’s new series Ripley, directed by Steve Zaillian, and offers a critical examination of Tom Ripley’s enduring appeal across different media. As the series quickly climbs Netflix’s international charts, this volume provides a timely and insightful contribution to the Ripleyverse, exploring the character’s complex moral and sexual dimensions in today’s cultural context.
This book traces the intertextual genealogy behind Netflix’s new series Ripley, directed by Steve Zaillian, and offers a critical examination of Tom Ripley’s enduring appeal across different media. As the series quickly climbs Netflix’s international charts, this volume provides a timely and insightful contribution to the Ripleyverse, exploring the character’s complex moral and sexual dimensions in today’s cultural context.