Currently Browsing: Vita and Virginia
JAN’S PREFACE: I’m the gal who used to watch 3 or even 4 films in a row at festivals and during awards season screenings, but I honestly didn’t know if I still had the stamina to do this. Very grateful to Amelie Lasker (my morning partner) & Catherine Sawoski (my afternoon partner), for keeping my spirit soaring!… read more.
On this day in 2020, Emma. was released in theaters. A period romantic comedy based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name, this film was instantly beloved for its dreamy, pleasant atmosphere and charming comedy. The mood of a film is set by its score, and for Emma, the elegant yet playful music certainly did so.… read more.
Almost a century ago, Virginia Woolf skyrocketed to fame with her iconic novel Orlando, and has remained one of the key figures in English literature ever since. Her contributions as one of the premiere modernist authors of her time has made her novels vital classics still studied and enjoyed today. But her name was relatively unknown when she met Vita Sackville-West, a successful and famous artist who wrote novels and poems, was a journalist and photographer, and garden designer.… read more.