Movies

The trailer for director David Lowry's highly anticipated adaptation of The Green Knight is finally here, featuring Dev Patel, the Round Table, and all the Arthurian weirdness you can stand.

Welcome to the Persuasion-aissance! A second feature film adaptation of Jane Austen's final complete novel is in the works, this time for Netflix with 50 Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson attached. 

With theaters shuttered, the Royal National Theater turned this season's headliner, Romeo & Juliet, into a film, which will air on PBS's Great Performances in April.

Benedict Cumberbatch has an array of intriguing roles in the works, but one of the most interesting has to be The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, which features both art and cats.

Killing Eve star Jodie Comer is in talks to star in director Ridley Scott's upcoming film Kitbag, an epic tale of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte.

A brilliant, understated film, Netflix's The Dig is a dramatization of one of Britain's greatest archaeological discoveries, the Sutton Hoo ship burial and treasure. If you enjoy British period drama, quiet intense characterization, and swoon-worthy landscapes, you'll love this film.

The trailer for star-studded Cold War thriller The Courier is here, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Brosnahan. 

Harriet actress Cynthia Erivo is set to star in and produce a film chronicling the life of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, the 19th-century African princess "gifted" to Queen Victoria by a West African king. 

Their Finest is the story of Dunkirk told through a feminist lens. Brilliant, subtle, and funny, the 2017 movie makes us think about the value of good storytelling in hard times.

Armando Iannucci's The Personal History of David Copperfield is a bright, energetic romp with a lot of heart and soul and a terrific diverse cast, and maybe it could change the way historical adaptations will look in the future.