It takes a certain brand of chutzpah to adapt a beloved novel for the screen. Even more daring: the decision to adapt a beloved previous adaptation. Consider the fortitude or foolishness of director ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Emma Thompson steals the new film version of “Brideshead Revisited.” As Lady Marchmain, the genteel but fierce matriarch of Eveyln Waugh’s story, she ...

This week I have been trying to make sense of Brideshead Revisited, a movie revival of Evelyn Waugh's famous 1945 novel. It's all very English Heritage: but what exactly is the inheritance? Why are we ...

To listen to the Slate Audio Book Club discussion of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, click the arrow on the player below. This month, Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss ...

The much-loved original TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's epic novel was seen by many as the definitive production. No wonder Matthew Goode is fed up with being asked if he's 'channelling Jeremy Irons' ...

As “The Dark Knight” is comic-book nerd holy scripture, “Brideshead Revisited” serves the same purpose to fans of a genre I personally refer to as Fancy British People Sitting Around Staggeringly Huge ...

The 2008 film adaptation is available to stream for free on BBC iPlayer and delivers the same rich estate setting that made Saltburn a cultural phenomenon ...

To many contemporary viewers, “Brideshead Revisited” means not just Evelyn Waugh’s original novel but also memories of the celebrated 1980s television miniseries starring Jeremy Irons. It was quite ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter It is a tale of toffs, teddy bears and trouble in paradise; a saga of snobbery, sanctity and social climbing; a romance of religion, ...

A finely wrought, Merchant-Ivory-style Brit-lit adaptation rather curiously unloaded by Miramax smack amid Stateside summer tentpole season -- just before fall fest season and the unveiling of awards ...

A solid cast and striking production values definitely add Merchant Ivory-worthy luster, but the director and screenwriters have taken some liberties with the material that will likely upset purists ...