Reporting from Toronto — Hollywood being what it is, and authors being who they are, film productions don’t tend to involve many novelists. They’re rarely granted the chance to adapt their own ...
Just one week after the opening of the excellent indie The Seagull, in which Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle play star-crossed lovers, they are back at it again. But this time it’s in a much more ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ian McEwan didn’t know Saoirse Ronan before she was cast as a 12-year-old in the 2007 adaptation of his novel “Atonement,” but the talent and intelligence ...
On Chesil Beach is a romantic drama film that centers around a newlywed couple who decide to enjoy their honeymoon on a beach resort, but their expectations turn into a disaster as several ...
Both romantic and searing, ON CHESIL BEACH stars Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle as a couple whose marriage feels the impact that sex, and the sexual attitudes of a time period, can have on love. Based ...
When the 1962-set “On Chesil Beach” begins, with British honeymooners Edward and Florence strolling along the oceanfront talking teasingly about music — he’s into rock ’n’ roll, she loves classical — ...
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Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...
“Marry that girl!” the young man is told. “What does his father do?” the woman’s dad asks her later. “You mean is he working class or one of us?” she asks back. “That’s more or less what I mean,” he ...
Theater director Dominic Cooke tackles Ian McEwan’s novel “On Chesil Beach,” adapted for the screen by McEwan himself. McEwan’s books have made for memorable film adaptations, most notably, “Atonement ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In October 2020, Storm Alex thrashed down on the Dorset coast: trees fell, streets flooded, cruise ships left ...