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Out on DVD | Bright Star – Jane Campion’s Keats’ biopic: not just another frock flick
Jane Campion’s splendid costume drama Bright Star was largely overlooked at this year’s Oscars (it picked up one nomination for Costume Design). Overshadowed by Kathryn Bigelow’s testosterone-fuelled The Hurt Locker, it’s the kind of movie that would have probably caught … Continue reading
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At the Cinema | Bright Star – Jane Campion’s ravishing film about John Keats and Fanny Brawne: a thing of beauty
For director Jane Campion, the love affair at the heart of her ravishing movie Bright Star is “as powerful as Romeo and Juliet.” That’s quite a claim to make, but watching her account of the passionate but chaste, tragically short … Continue reading
BFI 53rd London Film Festival | Comic turn from Boris shines on Bright Star gala
Mayor of London Boris Johnson provided a waggish warm-up act for the London Film Festival’s Centrepiece Gala screening of Bright Star last night. After confirming his £5 million backing for the BFI’s new film centre, he declared his relief that … Continue reading
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