Love & Friendship (2016)
WHIT STILLMAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. Ireland/Netherlands/France/USA, 2016. Westerly Films, Blinder Films, Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l’Image Animée, Chic Films, Protagonist Pictures, Revolver Amsterdam. Screenplay by Whit … Continue reading
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
JOE WRIGHT Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB.5. United Kingdom, 2005. Focus Features, Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Films, Scion Films. Screenplay by Deborah Moggach, based on the novel by Jane Austen. Cinematography by Roman Osin. Produced by … Continue reading
Emma (1996)
DOUGLAS McGRATH Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBBB. United Kingdom/USA, 1996. Haft Entertainment. Screenplay by Douglas McGrath, based on the novel by Jane Austen. Cinematography by Ian Wilson. Produced by Patrick Cassavetti, Steven Haft. Music by Rachel … Continue reading
Pride And Prejudice (1940)
BBBBB (out of 5) Devastatingly good adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel, a surprise considering how very condensed the story is from its original source. Greer Garson makes a wonderful Elizabeth in … Continue reading
Becoming Jane
BB (out of 5) Passable if unnecessary examination of the events that led to Jane Austen’s abandoning any hopes of marriage and living by her writing. Anne Hathaway plays the young … Continue reading
Sense And Sensibility
BBBBB (out of 5) Best-ever adaptation of a Jane Austen novel stars Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet as two radically different sisters, one reserved and private, the other boisterous and lively, together … Continue reading
