"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again …" Everyone who loves film knows the opening words of Rebecca, that astonishing mixture of emotional hothouse and freezer that was Hitchcock's first American film, made for David O Selznick and released in...
Read moreRebecca 1940, dir Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock knew the du Mauriers well. He worked with Daphne's father, a leading London actor-manager, on a film called Lord Camber's Ladies in 1932. But it was David O Selznick, the Hollywood producer who paid $50,000...
Read moreCinema has a lot to teach us about the world - if we're willing to pay attention. Select independent cinemas in the US will be screening 1984 in protest of Donald Trump, specifically his alleged proposed cuts on cultural institutions, including the entire...
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Hayley Atwell, Matthew Macfadyen and Tracey Ullman will star in the long-awaited adaptation of EM Forster's Howards End on BBC1. The series originally received the green light in December 2015 and was expected to air last year. That was the last we heard...
Read moreBrace yourselves Outlander fans - US network Starz has announced that we're going to have to wait a little longer for series three of the smash hit sci-fi drama because it won't air until September 2017. Advertising That means there'll be a *takes deep...
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Benedict Cumberbatch has declared himself "honoured" after Sherlock topped a survey to find the world's favourite BBC television character. Advertising Almost a third of viewers worldwide opted for the TV detective, with Doctor Who coming second and Idris...
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The name “Mr Darcy” is often associated with three words: tall, dark and handsome. But according to a group of leading academics, our fantasised TV depictions of Jane Austen’s 1813 creation are wrong. Oh, so very wrong. A new, 'historically accurate'...
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