The first and most important concern is an examination of the film adaptations of Woolf's novels - To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and Mrs. Dalloway - in the order the films were released. The second concern is Woolf’s interest in what she would call "the cinema." The third concern is a complex effort to explore the David Hare/ Stephen Daldry film adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Hours, an homage to Mrs. Dalloway in which Virginia Woolf has a starring role, as portrayed by Oscar winner Nicole Kidman.