Deborah YaffeMay 7, 2020On and offFor those of us who love our Jane Austen adaptations, the coronavirus quarantine has been the best of times and the worst of times. The...
Deborah YaffeMar 19, 2020Silver liningsThere’s an upside to everything, apparently – even a global pandemic that threatens to sicken and perhaps kill millions while tanking the...
Deborah YaffeMar 12, 2020Immortal, belovedTwenty-five years ago this summer, we Janeites flocked to movie theaters to see a brand-new modernization of Emma, set among affluent...
Deborah YaffeFeb 17, 2020The big eventWe’re just days away from one of the year’s big Janeite events: Friday’s U.S. opening of the new feature film adaptation of Emma, a week...
Deborah YaffeJan 9, 2020Meg, Jo, Elinor, MarianneLike all American girls, I loved Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, and when I shared it with my daughter many years after my first...
Deborah YaffeNov 25, 2019Sneak previewsThe new year is shaping up as a happy one for Janeites, at least American ones, since it will usher in two new Austen adaptations – the...
Deborah YaffeNov 14, 2019Hands off!Why do people keep trying to mess with Clueless? Amy Heckerling’s 1995 movie, which updated the story of Emma to high school in Beverly...
Deborah YaffeOct 14, 2019Second bananasWe Janeites may love Austen’s heroes and heroines, but it’s her secondary characters who make us laugh out loud. Fanny Dashwood’s...
Deborah YaffeOct 7, 2019Yet more on-screen AustenI recognize that not everyone craves another Jane Austen-themed screen drama. Some may have balked at the all! sex! all! the! time! hype...