Deborah YaffeApr 6, 2015Calling all Austen nerdsGiven the attention lavished on filmed Jane Austen adaptations in the past twenty years, it was probably inevitable that, amid this...
Deborah YaffeApr 2, 2015A date with the zombiesThe movie of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has a release date! And it is. . . (drum roll, please). . . February 19, 2016! So stop me...
Deborah YaffeFeb 5, 2015Whit tries JaneBest Jane Austen news of the week (at least potentially): Shooting is about to start on director Whit Stillman’s movie of Lady Susan,...
Deborah YaffeJan 8, 2015Undead at lastThe time for silver-bullet and stake-through-the-heart jokes is officially over. The movie version of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies has not...
Deborah YaffeOct 23, 2014Death comes to PBSJust because I didn't much like Death Comes to Pemberley, P.D. James' 2011 murder-mystery sequel to Pride and Prejudice -- and, like so...
Deborah YaffeOct 20, 2014Must stop can't stopI really should stop. Don’t torture myself, right? Just surrender my Jane Austen Critical Faculties license, turn in my Janeite Purist...
Deborah YaffeSep 25, 2014Games Janeites playIt hasn’t quite been Ten Days that Rocked the Jane Austen World, but this past week or so has brought us several memorable Janeite teapot...
Deborah YaffeSep 11, 2014Another brick in the wallWas it just last month that I was pointing out the folly of banging my head against the brick wall of inaccurate Austen quotation? Yes,...
Deborah YaffeAug 25, 2014Pet Austen Peeve #83: Movie Quotes Aren't Book QuotesI suppose I should just stop banging my head against the same old brick wall. But really: if you’re going to go to the trouble of...