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Elegance in Motion: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris a...

Anthony Fabian’s Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is a sartorial fantasy wrapped in mid-century charm, carried aloft by the radiant Lesley Manville as the titular Mrs. Ada Harris. The 2022...

Secrets, Scores, and Judi Dench: The Quiet Intr...

Based (ever so loosely) on the real-life case of British civil servant and KGB informant Melita Norwood, *Red Joan* is a quietly simmering spy drama that doesn’t go in for...

Cut Loose: The Cinematic and Sonic Rebellion of...

Herbert Ross’s *Footloose* (1984) might be best remembered for its kinetic dance sequences and Kevin Bacon’s breakout performance, but beneath the high-energy choreography and small-town rebellion lies a quintessential portrait...

Basalt and Brass: Unearthing Journey to the Cen...

Journey to the Centre of the Earth—a title that evokes lava tubes, prehistoric monstrosities, and the peculiar tendency of Victorian scientists to go spelunking without so much as a hard...

Love, Laughter, and Hair Gel: The Enduring Chao...

*There’s Something About Mary* (1998) is one of those films that slipped a love potion into the punch bowl of late-’90s comedy, and nobody’s been quite the same since. Directed...

Bagpipes and Broadswords: The Myth-Making of Ro...

Michael Caton-Jones’s *Rob Roy* (1995) strides boldly across the Highland mists, kilt swirling, dirk flashing, and Liam Neeson in full Celtic growl. It is a film of sweeping vistas and...