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Twentieth Century

Brideshead Revisited (1981) short review

By Kendra on May 7, 1981

A really well-told story of nostalgia set in the 1920s-1940s, with Jeremy Irons as the man who becomes emotionally entangled with an aristocratic... Read more →
Nineteenth Century

Sense and Sensibility (1981) short review

By Kendra on April 29, 1981

It’s hard not to compare this with the 1995 adaptation, which I’ve seen probably 200 times (all before viewing this one) — apologies! ... Read more →
Nineteenth Century

Pride and Prejudice (1980) short review

By Kendra on April 29, 1980

Okay, realize that this review comes from having watched the 1995 PandP Over and Over and Over. Surprisingly quite good! Elizabeth Garvie does a good... Read more →
Twentieth Century

My Brilliant Career (1979) short review

By Kendra on May 7, 1979

Such a fabulous movie based on a fabulous book.  Judy Davis plays Sybylla Melvyn, a literate tomboy growing up in the Australian outback who yearns... Read more →
Nineteenth Century

The Europeans (1979) short review

By Kendra on April 30, 1979

An early Merchant-Ivory period film. The plot is somewhat tedious and the production looks a bit dated now, but I liked the 1840s... Read more →
Nineteenth Century

The Story of Adele H. (1975) short review

By Kendra on April 30, 1975

Yet another tragic Isabelle Adjani performance, this time as Adele Hugo, the daughter of poet Victor Hugo. She leaves her home in France to follow... Read more →
Nineteenth Century

The King and I (1956) short review

By Kendra on May 5, 1956

It’s the classic! I never fail to cry during the big climax. See where many Victorian costuming myths come from, plus some impossibly huge... Read more →
Nineteenth Century4

Pride and Prejudice (1940) short review

By Kendra on April 30, 1940

I always resisted seeing this version because of the misguided costuming (although the novel is set during the Regency era, the costumes are 1830s).... Read more →
Eighteenth Century

Marie Antoinette (1938) short review

By Kendra on April 29, 1938

So you have to like “classic” film and be able to deal with the hand-staple-forehead melodrama of it. And the costumes are definitely... Read more →
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