The little white attic

1/ This is a scene I did last year for Directing Workshop: I wrote, directed, and edited it. Cinematographer was my classmate Frances Fa...

North and South is, I think, a rather bland book. Elizabeth Gaskell’s main strength is in the individual scenes—I’m near the end, and the b...

Do lots of characters die in Victorian literature because people died easily, for numerous reasons, in Victorian times? Or because it’s a co...

“But he resented those words bitterly. They rung in his ears; and he was proud of the sense of justice which made him go on in every kindne...

This is a short film I made on the side, filmed in September and just completed now.  1-woman crew.  Colours of Her Mind from Hai Di...

How does Elizabeth Gaskell write characters’ thoughts?  Like this: “'That's what I call a fine girl!' thought Dr. Donaldson, ...

I’m on chapter 14 of North and South .  Now and then I come across a sentence that is oddly phrased:  “Mr. Thornton had thought that the ...

Look at this passage from chapter 8 of North and South :  “… But she alternately dreaded and fired up against the workmen, who commented n...

I’m reading North and South , my 1st Elizabeth Gaskell.  Tom at Wuthering Expectations read it nearly 8 years ago, and complained that “the...

1/ A new BBC adaptation of Les Miserables is coming out. I’ve just realised I’ve seen 3 adaptations: - The 1998 version, dir. Bille A...