Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events was a great series of books that has now been adapted to the screen multiple times. The 2004 film, starring Jim Carrey, is definitely the least ...
who tweaks silent-film conventions, and, most obviously, Edward Gorey, whose not-for-kids-but-really-they-are illustrated stories inspired the Lemony Snicket books’ mordant brilliance.