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Any new Jane Austen movie is cause for celebration. Just a few weeks ago, we were treated to Fire Island, a contemporary, LGBTQ rendition on Pride and Prejudice. Next, Dakota Johnson is throwing her ...

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Netflix’s new version of Persuasion is being called “the worst Jane Austen adaptation” of all time. The film, which stars Dakota Johnson in the lead role of Anne, is set to be released on the ...

The most recent Jane Austen revival started in 2020 with the dual release of Anya Taylor-Joy’s “Emma” in theaters and “Sanditon” on PBS. But it was “Bridgerton” that’s driven the most recent upswing ...

“He’s a 10,” the leading lady enthuses to an older woman about a young man she fancies in this latest screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel — and if that line doesn’t throw you for at least a ...

The new Netflix film Persuasion is a strange perversion of Jane Austen‘s beloved novel about regret. Instead of stoically suppressing an ocean’s worth of heartache, Dakota Johnson‘s Anne Elliot mopes ...

The trailer for Netflix's new adaptation of Jane Austen's "Persuasion" dropped this week, and it's going viral in a bad way. "Persuasion" is a brooding, painfully sincere novel, and some fans aren't ...

Netflix revealed today more images and the release date for Persuasion, the long-awaited adaptation to one of literature’s most celebrated novels. The story follows a family that is about to go ...

After the backlash to the trailer for her Netflix drama, Carrie Cracknell argues that the movie was made with “openhearted respect” for the author. By Alexis Soloski The trailer for “Persuasion,” the ...