After Two Decades and One Darcy, Matthew MacFadyen Has Never Been More Iconic Carmen Paddock April 27, 2020 Analysis, Features, Spotlight In his 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, Joe Wright attempted to undo the long shadow cast by Colin Firth’s pitch perfect Mr Darcy in the 1995 BBC miniseries. Instead of watching his romantic hero...
The Top Five Jane Austen Adaptations Alex Goldstein February 12, 2020 Features, Opinion, Top 10 Another year, another Jane Austen adaptation. Autumn de Wilde's Emma is the latest in a multi-million dollar legacy for the beloved author who, though she saw some success in her lifetime, suffered a great...
Why Period Films Are So Underrated Sarah J January 9, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion It is the beginning of Pride and Prejudice. The protagonist, Elizabeth Bennett (Keira Knightley), is reading a book as she walks through the English countryside. The house comes alive not because it’s been...
Jane Austen on Film: Clueless, Bridget Jones and Zombies Tori Brazier June 1, 2016 Behind The Curtain, By The Book, Features Ah, Jane Austen – perhaps the only British author who can boast of giving Shakespeare a run for his money in terms of both international profile and popularity. And where timeless personal quandaries and...
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies – Review Bertie Archer February 11, 2016 Reviews Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ title screams B-movie, and this aesthetic is adopted with tongue firmly pressed through decaying cheek. Period zombie is a bold proposition, laden with potential for...
A Short History of the Period Drama, Part Three: Tear Up the Script (or, the present day) David Brake June 15, 2014 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Long before the superhero movie took the words "gritty reboot" and revolutionised a genre, period drama was working quietly away in the background doing exactly the same thing. As the '90s gave way to a...
