Northanger Abbey (1986) short review
I really wish someone would do an updated (film) version of this Austen book — it’s the only one not to be remade in the 1990s, so we’re stuck... Read more →
Lady Jane (1986) short review
I was one of the many who LOVED this movie when I was, oh, 14 or so, so was all excited when they recently released it on DVD. Unfortunately time has... Read more →
Out of Africa (1985) short review
A sad, romantic, fabulous movie starring the brilliant Meryl Streep as a Danish baroness who finds love and herself in Africa. Gorgeous costuming,... Read more →
A Room With a View (1985) short review
Okay, romantic period filmmaking just doesn’t get any better than this. A Merchant Ivory production of the E.M. Forster novel, with Helena Bonham... Read more →
Swann in Love (1984) short review
An adaptation of a Proust novel, with Jeremy Irons as Monsieur Swann who is obsessively in love with a courtesan in 1870s Paris (with a coda in the... Read more →
The Bostonians (1984) short review
Merchant-Ivory — what more need I say? An adaptation of the Henry James novel, the only off note for me is Christopher Reeves, who just seems so…... Read more →
Amadeus (1984) short review
I’m sure I saw Amadeus back when it first came out, but I was young, and didn’t really remember it. Every time I thought about rewatching it I... Read more →
Heat and Dust (1983) short review
A nice early Merchant Ivory production, about the wife (Greta Scacchi) of a British army officer in 1920s colonial India who becomes involved with... Read more →
The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1982) short review
Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons — what more can you say? Based on the novel, this tells the story of an outcast woman in mid-19th century England and... Read more →
Quartet (1981) short review
An early Merchant Ivory film about an English couple (one half of which is Maggie Smith) living in 1920s Paris who become enmeshed with a local woman... Read more →
