Sunday, November 24, 2024

Tag: Eileen Atkins

Wicked Little Letters (2023)

Title: Wicked Little Letters
Rating: R
Directed by: Thea Sharrock
Written by: Jonny Sweet
Starring: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Gemma Jones, Eileen Atkins, and Timothy Spall
Release Date: 4/5/2024
Running Time: 100 minutes

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What did you think of this film?

Based on a stranger than fiction true story, WICKED LITTLE LETTERS follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women – led by Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan) – begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all.


Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Note: Before the credit roll, we see text describing what happened to the people the characters in the film are based on along with some examples of the writings contained in the letters.

Special thanks to Valerie, Alisa, and Tony for this submission


Vita & Virginia (2018)

Title: Vita & Virginia
Rating: NR
Directed by: Chanya Button
Written by: Eileen Atkins and Chanya Button
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, and Isabella Rossellini
Release Date: 8/23/2019
Running Time: 110 minutes

Official Site
IMDb

What did you think of this film?
Set amidst the bohemian high society of 1920s England, Vita & Virginia tells the scintillating true story of a literary love affair that fueled the imagination of one of the 20th century’s most celebrated writers. Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton) is the brash, aristocratic wife of a diplomat who refuses to be constrained by her marriage, defiantly courting scandal through her affairs with women. When she meets the brilliant but troubled Virginia Woolf (Elizabeth Debicki), she is immediately attracted to the famed novelist’s eccentric genius and enigmatic allure. So begins an intense, passionate relationship marked by all-consuming desire, intellectual gamesmanship, and destructive jealousy that will leave both women profoundly transformed and inspire the writing of one of Woolf’s greatest works.


Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Memoriam: In Memory of Bill Shepherd