Tag: Maggie Smith

Quartet (1981) | Review

Of Human Bondage: Ivory Gets Art Deco Dysfunction in Underrated Rhys Adaptation Merchant Ivory became the first major company to adapt the work of novelist...

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Review

The First Best Loser: Madden’s Wholly Unnecessary Sequel an Exercise in Nothingness Pandering is the word that best describes the tone of The Second Best...

My Old Lady | 2014 TIFF Review

Seeds of Yesterday: Horovitz’s Debut a Tonally Uncomfortable Adaptation Playwright and screenwriter Israel Horovitz makes his directorial debut with My Old Lady, an adaptation of...

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