Based on the 1925 novel by Virginia Woolf, and moving continually between the present and the past that is in the characters’ heads, it covers Colette (2018) 25.52K10 Colette is moved by her better half to compose books under his name. Upon their prosperity, she battles to spread the wor...
Based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, “Orlando” starts in the 1600s, where a dying Queen Elizabeth I (played by cross-dresser Quentin Crisp) grants an androgynous nobleman (Swinton) a vast estate — but only if he promises to remain forever young. He does just that, and midway through...
Tilda Swinton had been working in film for almost a decade before she landed the title role in “Orlando,” but Sally Potter’s sweeping Virginia Woolf adaptation — about a young nobleman who obeys her queen’s order to never grow old, and then abruptly transforms into a woman a couple ...
October 6, 2023 Foe review: One of 2023’s best sci-fi movies that will break your heart Interstellar meets Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in Foe, one of the most striking and original sci-fi movies of the year. Jason Struss
, and if the Thai dream weaver is in any doubt about casting her in one of his metaphysical opuses, he need only watch Sally Potter’s Jarmanesque time, space and gender-switching adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel, ‘Orlando: A Biography’. What’s clear from the off is that...
Purchase Lolita on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Stanley Kubrick directs an all-star cast in Vladimir Nabakov's screenplay of his own once-shocking, now-classic novel, Lolita. When worldly, middle-aged professor Humbert Humbert (J
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Drawing inspiration from Virginia Woolf's classic novel Mrs. Dalloway, the film explores themes of sexuality, mental illness, and the enduring power of literature in shaping our perceptions of the world. With a stunning ensemble cast and expertly crafted storytelling, this movie offers a complex ...
Dalloway. In 1923, Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) battles mental illness while writing her novel. In 1951, Laura Brown (Julianne Moore), a pregnant housewife, finds solace in Woolf's work. In 2001, Clarissa Vaughan (Meryl Streep), a modern version of Woolf's protagonist, prepares a party...
Virginia WoolfNew republic (New York, N.Y.)WOOLF, Virginia. The movies and reality. New Republic, Washington, D.C., v. 47, p. 308- 310, August 1926.