The Latest Breaking News from Jane Austen

The new trailer for Netflix’s Austen adaptation starring Dakota Johnson frames heroine Anne Elliot as a quippy, messy rom-com lead - a move which undercuts everything that’s so moving about the original novel

The Hulu romantic comedy “Fire Island” takes Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” and puts a modern gay spin on it, both fizzy and incisive about classism and racism. Margaret Cho co-stars in a role that is part den mother, part provider of vacation housing.

Persuasion is an upcoming period drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Jane Austen, and stars Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis and Richard E. Grant

The Derbyshire countryside, in England’s East Midlands, is a region that has inspired writers – both classic and contemporary. The juxtaposition of rolling hills, stark moorland and craggy summits play backdrop to numerous novels in a variety of genres.

Nay, nay, I say! This cannot be,

Though there are plenty of exciting new films coming to movie theaters this summer, timely updates of timeless stories have become something of a niche streaming specialty in 2022. From the Jane Austen-inspired “Fire Island” on Hulu to the most recent “Cheaper by the Dozen” update on Disney+, classic stories…

How a queer, Asian lawyer gives the role that launched a thousand Firths a run for its money

Writer Hanna Rosin ignited a firestorm when she bemoaned the lack of women in the film focused on queer Asian men

The stars of "Fire Island" appear to be taking pride in the "F-" that the new film scored on the Bechdel test.

A reporter sparked uproar when she criticised the film by giving it an ‘F- on the Bechdel Test’

From commentaries on class and wealth to a dastardly modern-day Wickham, the Hulu film does Jane Austen proud