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A Handful of Dust **** (1988, James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Anjelica Huston, Judi Dench, Alec Guinness, Stephen Fry) – Classic Movie Review 2641

Director Charles Sturridge, who directed 11 episodes of the 1981 classic TV mini-series Brideshead Revisited, tackles another of Evelyn Waugh’s novels for the big screen in 1988. This sleek and satisfying film version of Waugh’s 1934 A […]

Jun, 26

Tom’s Midnight Garden ***½ (1999, Greta Scacchi, James Wilby, Joan Plowright, Florence Hoath, Nigel Le Vaillant, , David Bradley, Liz Smith) – Classic Movie Review 1842

Anthony Way stars as Tom Long, a 1950s teenager, sent to live with his childless Aunt Gwen (Greta Scacchi) and Uncle Alan (James Wilby) to avoid contact with his sick brother. Shortly after his arrival, […]

Nov, 15

Maurice ***** (1987, James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt) – Classic Movie Review 450

Bookended by A Room with a View (1985) and Howards End (1992), the 1987 middle film in director James Ivory’s and producer Ismail Merchant’s E M Forster trilogy is adapted from the gay author’s most […]

Nov, 25

Gosford Park **** (2001, Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles Dance, Jeremy Northam, Helen Mirren) – Classic Movie Review 299

Julian Fellowes won an Oscar for the witty Best Original Screenplay for this civilised 2001 entertainment, based on an idea by its producers, the director Robert Altman and actor Bob Balaban. It plays like a […]

Oct, 19

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