Set in the 1870s, Edith Wharton’s final novel, “The Buccaneers,” concerns the adventures of five rich — but not the right sort of rich — young American women who, finding the doors of New York society closed to them, journey to London, where impoverished aristocrats are eager to trade Yankee money for British titles. Riding along on a pop-punk soundtrack, …
Director Sofia Coppola says Apple executives wouldn’t fund her Edith Wharton series adaptation because they didn’t find the protagonist likable. Director Sofia Coppola says Apple executives axed her small-screen adaptation of an Edith Wharton novel because “the idea of an unlikable woman wasn’t their thing.” The “Priscilla” director was set in early 2020 to develop a series based on the …
Netflix has plenty of movies to watch. With a talented young cast that master one another’s layered performances as they hop bodies, this fresh indie thriller from writer-director Greg Jardin masterfully balances dark humor with even darker plot twists. Best of all is Axel F's reliance on practical effects and stunt work, notably in a series of genuinely exciting chase …
Bettmann/Bettmann Archive / Bettmann A scene from All in the Family in which Archie Bunker is lecturing his wife, Edith Bunker about a piece of jewelry she's wearing. “He was, in my mind, a long way to what became Archie Bunker.” Actor Carroll O’Connor played Bunker for 13 seasons, the first nine on All in the Family and then another …
