Hey, cupcake
Last month, noting the pending release of a Pride and Prejudice screen update entitled Townhouse Confidential, I reported, “My...
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Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 12, 2022
Boy meets pig
By now, we know that the Pride and Prejudice formula—opposites attract, enemies to lovers, snobby-meets-snarky—accommodates many...
Deborah Yaffe
- Sep 22, 2022
A milestone farewell
MGM’s 1940 movie of Pride and Prejudice was the first screen adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, and with its Victorian fashions,...
Deborah Yaffe
- Aug 4, 2022
A surfeit of sequels
Jane Austen never wrote a sequel. Among her many excellent qualities was a sure sense of when to leave well enough alone. Alas, too many...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jul 21, 2022
Something to talk about
Google the Omniscient doesn’t seem to know if it was Henry Ford, P.T. Barnum, or somebody else entirely who first declared, “I don’t care...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jul 18, 2022
In praise of repression
Early on in Netflix’s polarizing new adaptation of Persuasion, Anne Elliot leafs through a scrapbook in which she has preserved accounts...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jul 7, 2022
Damage control
You’re a couple of weeks away from premiering your new movie. Your core audience has been vacuuming up every scrap of news about the...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 27, 2022
That trailer
During an overseas visit earlier this month, I was too swamped with family business to follow the news with my usual attention. This...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 2, 2022
In the air
The zeitgeist is a peculiar thing. For decades – centuries, even – almost nobody makes a Pride and Prejudice update centered on same-sex...
Deborah Yaffe
- May 9, 2022
Back to the beach
May already! Practically swimsuit season – and thus a perfect time to check out the latest news about the two beachiest Jane Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
- Apr 25, 2022
Adding to the list
Since March 1, we’ve swooned (tastefully) over Sanditon, chuckled at (or ignored) The Courtship, held our breath for Bridgerton’s ve-e-ry...
Deborah Yaffe
- Aug 12, 2021
Deck the halls
It was Christmas in July for those of us who spend our days looking for pop-culture recognition of Jane Austen’s genius: * July 14:...
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