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Costume drama has an image problem. For many viewers, the very genre is inherently trivial, fixated on surface beauty and reassuring nostalgia. I admit I often incline to this prejudice, suspicious at the faintest whiff of Quality Street. Full Article at The Independent
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Films about poets have a poor reputation, most of them – from Dennis Price as The Bad Lord Byron 60 years ago to Gwyneth Paltrow as Sylvia Plath six years back – being dull and risible, though a couple of performances have been rather good, most... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Written and directed by Jane Campion, the director of The Piano, Bright Star tells the story of the tragic romance between the 23-year-old poet John Keats (played by Ben Whishaw) and the 18-year-old girl next door, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). Full Article at Times Online
