Mark Jenkins’ 2019 debut “Bait” was a microbudget monochrome portrait of a Cornish coastal community that reveled in its old-school, hand-processed aesthetic and proved a surprise indie hit in U.K. theaters. The firm stand against gentrification taken in its onscreen narrative, about middle-class townies crowding out longstanding local businesses, also felt indicative of Jenkins’ place in a film industry intent …
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A ghostly story that’s not exactly a ghost story, Rose of Nevada is a typically imaginative film from the director Mark Jenkin. But here he has recognizable actors and a much more pronounced narrative than in his last feature, the thoroughly enigmatic Enys Men (2022). That’s not to say the plot is straightforward. It loops back on itself more than …
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Focus Features and Working Title’s “Sense and Sensibility” has rounded out its cast with George MacKay, Caitríona Balfe, Fiona Shaw and more joining Daisy Edgar-Jones in the Jane Austen adaptation. The fresh take on Austen’s first novel — which follows the differing romantic journeys of sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood after their father’s death forces them to leave their family’s …
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