Both HBO and BBC are no strangers to historical dramas, but it certainly seems like “Gentleman Jack” features a unique protagonist for either network. Based on her extensive personal writings, 19th century landowner and noted social rebel Anne Lister gets a series of her own, set to debut stateside next month. Suranne Jones plays the black-clad businesswoman, who not only sought to develop industrial projects on her family’s land, but made her intentions known to marry a wife in the process. The series combines a central romance between Lister and her intended, Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle), and Lister’s attempts to reinvigorate the coal-mining efforts on her family property at Shibden Hall.
The series comes from TV powerhouse Sally Wainwright, who also wrote and created the British police drama “Happy Valley,” which eventually came under the Netflix Originals banner after first premiering on BBC One. Wainwright also helped to...
The series comes from TV powerhouse Sally Wainwright, who also wrote and created the British police drama “Happy Valley,” which eventually came under the Netflix Originals banner after first premiering on BBC One. Wainwright also helped to...
- 3/18/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Inside Out 2011: Our Top Five Most Anticipated Films
Circumstance (Dir. Maryam Keshavarz) – Audience award winner at Sundance, this coming-of-age story takes us inside a part of modern Iran hidden from the authorities: a world of underground nightclubs, progressive influences, and sexual experimentation.
Renee (Dir. Eric Drath) – In 1976, trans athlete Renee Richards shook the world by attempting to play in the Us tennis open, causing the United States Tennis Association to demand that she take a chromosome test. This documentary charts Richards’ incredible life.
L’Amour Fou (Dir. Pierre Thoretton) – This documentary is the story of fashion power couple Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, and the story of their empire of couture, philanthropy, and enough art to rival an international museum.
Shahada (Dir. Burhan Qurbani) – Qurbani’s debut feature is about more than being Muslim in Berlin – it is about the difference between the people we try to be...
Circumstance (Dir. Maryam Keshavarz) – Audience award winner at Sundance, this coming-of-age story takes us inside a part of modern Iran hidden from the authorities: a world of underground nightclubs, progressive influences, and sexual experimentation.
Renee (Dir. Eric Drath) – In 1976, trans athlete Renee Richards shook the world by attempting to play in the Us tennis open, causing the United States Tennis Association to demand that she take a chromosome test. This documentary charts Richards’ incredible life.
L’Amour Fou (Dir. Pierre Thoretton) – This documentary is the story of fashion power couple Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, and the story of their empire of couture, philanthropy, and enough art to rival an international museum.
Shahada (Dir. Burhan Qurbani) – Qurbani’s debut feature is about more than being Muslim in Berlin – it is about the difference between the people we try to be...
- 5/17/2011
- by Dave Robson
- SoundOnSight
Director: James Kent Writer: Jane English Starring: Maxine Peake, Anna Madeley, Gemma Jones, Michael Culkin, Ted Holden, Christine Bottomley, Dean Lennox Kelly, Tina O'Brien, Susan Lynch, Alan David Anne Lister (Maxine Peake) is an unmarried 19th century Yorkshire woman living at Shibden Hall with her aunt (Gemma Jones) and uncle (Alan David). Lister desires one thing from life: to have someone to love and to share her life with. The person she has in mind for that part is Mariana Belcombe (Anna Madeley), with whom she has developed a clandestine romantic relationship (they have “connected"); that is until 19th century English culture gets the better of Belcombe and she marries a rich aged widower, Charles Lawton (Michael Culkin). Depressed and permanently clad in black (thus freeing herself from “the tyranny of fashion"), Lister studiously immerses herself in her library. A year passes and Lister begins to consider finding herself someone...
- 9/6/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Two lesbian dramas, Ned Farr's "A Marine Story" and James Kent's "The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister," earned jury awards Sunday as outstanding U.S. dramatic feature and outstanding international dramatic feature, respectively, at Outfest, the 28th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
"Marine" also picked up the audience award for outstanding dramatic feature, and Dreya Weber was named outstanding actress in a feature as the fest handed out its prizes at its awards luncheon.
Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara's "Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields" took the jury prize for best documentary feature, and Michelle Lawler's "Forever's Gonna Start Tonight" copped the audience award for best feature doc.
An audience award also went to Jacob Chase's "The Four-Faced Liar," voted outstanding first U.S. dramatic feature film.
"Bearcity" earned two jury awards -- for outstanding feature actor Stephen Guarino and outstanding...
"Marine" also picked up the audience award for outstanding dramatic feature, and Dreya Weber was named outstanding actress in a feature as the fest handed out its prizes at its awards luncheon.
Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara's "Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields" took the jury prize for best documentary feature, and Michelle Lawler's "Forever's Gonna Start Tonight" copped the audience award for best feature doc.
An audience award also went to Jacob Chase's "The Four-Faced Liar," voted outstanding first U.S. dramatic feature film.
"Bearcity" earned two jury awards -- for outstanding feature actor Stephen Guarino and outstanding...
- 7/18/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Maxine Peake in James Kent‘s The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (top); Alicia Silverstone, Clueless (upper middle); Lio in Myriam Aziza‘s The Evening Dress (lower middle); Jane Lynch, A Gaythering Storm (bottom) James Kent‘s The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, Amy Heckerling‘s 1995 sleeper hit Clueless, Myriam Aziza‘s La robe du soir / The Evening Dress, and the comedy shorts compilation "From Uranus to Titicaca" are some of the offerings at Outfest 2010, the 28th edition of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. The festival is headquartered at the Directors Guild in West Hollywood. The made-for-British-tv The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister tells the story of a woman who defies 19th-century English conventions to have scandalous affairs with two other women. Maxine Peake stars as Anne Lister. Also in the cast: Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch, Gemma Jones, and Michael Culkin. In Clueless, a reworking...
- 7/11/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Frameline, San Francisco’s Gay & Lesbian Film Festival now in its 34th year, will kick off on Thursday, June 17, with a screening of James Kent’s The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, about "what might have happened if Elizabeth Bennet had ignored Mr. Darcy and pursued the local ladies?" Actually, The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister is not a revamping of a Jane Austen novel. Instead, Jane English’s screenplay follows a young woman attempting to live an authentic "lesbian life" in Regency England. Maxine Peake plays Anne Lister. Others in the film’s cast are: Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch, Gemma Jones, and Michael Culkin. Attendees at Frameline’s gala opening ceremony will quite possibly be met by picketers protesting the Israeli consulate’s participation as one of the festival’s sponsors. Frameline 2010 comes to a close on June 27 with a screening of Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl,...
- 6/16/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
"Great LezBritian" is a fortnightly stroll through the very best of British lesbo-centric entertainment and culture. Plus there will be some jolly good interviews with the top ladies who are waving the flag for gay UK.
There are few things we like more than a lesbian in a tight corset swigging a glass of wine, so when we heard that The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister would open the 2010 BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, we sorted out tickets faster than you can say “Kitty Butler you broke my bleedin’ ‘eart.”
Anne Lister was a 19th century Yorkshire landowner, industrialist, traveller and, of course, gay lady who was gallous and guilt-free about her sexuality and passionate about defying the customs and rules of her time.
Her wonderful story lay bound in a four million page journal, gathering dust in an attic in Halifax until they were found by...
There are few things we like more than a lesbian in a tight corset swigging a glass of wine, so when we heard that The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister would open the 2010 BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, we sorted out tickets faster than you can say “Kitty Butler you broke my bleedin’ ‘eart.”
Anne Lister was a 19th century Yorkshire landowner, industrialist, traveller and, of course, gay lady who was gallous and guilt-free about her sexuality and passionate about defying the customs and rules of her time.
Her wonderful story lay bound in a four million page journal, gathering dust in an attic in Halifax until they were found by...
- 4/12/2010
- by Sarah and Lee
- AfterEllen.com
James Kent’s "The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister" will open Frameline34, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, which runs from June 17-27.
Screenings will take place at the Castro Theatre, Roxie Film Center and the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco and in Berkeley at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood.
The fest will include an Andy Warhol retrospective of films, curated by Yale professor Ronald Gregg.
The fest will also spotlight queer films from across Latin America.
Screenings will take place at the Castro Theatre, Roxie Film Center and the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco and in Berkeley at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood.
The fest will include an Andy Warhol retrospective of films, curated by Yale professor Ronald Gregg.
The fest will also spotlight queer films from across Latin America.
- 3/29/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, London
A reminder that "human rights" is a universal issue rather than an empty poltical buzz word, with 28 searing films from around the world. Like Anthony Lapaglia's star turn in The Balibo Conspiracy, a gripping fictionalisation of the disappearance of five Australian TV journalists during the East Timor invasion of 1975, the truth of which lay undiscovered for over 30 years. Or the timely Moloch Tropical, a film from Haitian minister of culture-turned-auteur, Raoul Peck imagining the mental unravelling of the country's prime minister. Other highlights include Iranian artist Shirin Neshat's intimate Women Without Men, and Red Chapel, which finds comedy in North Korea.
Various venues, Wed to 26 Mar, visit hrw.org/iff
Andrea Hubert
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
There's little to galvanise this year's crop (over 75 films and documentaries), besides tragedy, love, religion, schooldays and nestling together under a big rainbow-coloured umbrella.
A reminder that "human rights" is a universal issue rather than an empty poltical buzz word, with 28 searing films from around the world. Like Anthony Lapaglia's star turn in The Balibo Conspiracy, a gripping fictionalisation of the disappearance of five Australian TV journalists during the East Timor invasion of 1975, the truth of which lay undiscovered for over 30 years. Or the timely Moloch Tropical, a film from Haitian minister of culture-turned-auteur, Raoul Peck imagining the mental unravelling of the country's prime minister. Other highlights include Iranian artist Shirin Neshat's intimate Women Without Men, and Red Chapel, which finds comedy in North Korea.
Various venues, Wed to 26 Mar, visit hrw.org/iff
Andrea Hubert
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
There's little to galvanise this year's crop (over 75 films and documentaries), besides tragedy, love, religion, schooldays and nestling together under a big rainbow-coloured umbrella.
- 3/13/2010
- by Andrea Hubert, Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
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