One of the constantly bemoaned problems in the filmmaking world is how to get more non-white non-men behind the cameras. It’s equal parts coincidence and trend, but this week sees two indie comedies ...

How quickly a good idea becomes a bad one when a filmmaker doesn’t trust his or her subject. Jane (Keri Russell) begins “Austenland” totally fixated on ye olde England as captured by Jane Austen, to ...

With the runaway success of the British TV drama Downton Abbey, audiences have developed a ravenous appetite for stately period costume dramas. Jerusha Hess’s Austenland,making its premiere at the ...

Keri Russell, she of “Felicity” and “Waitress” and many others, is such a winning actress, even in a flat soda of a comedy like “Austenland.” She’s there, doing all she can to carbonate things.

UPDATE: Just got an update on Austenland. The deal is north of $4 million, midway between $4 million and $5 million, and Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in the summer, and they will rely ...

Best known as the author of The Twilight Saga novels, Stephenie Meyer has brought the first feature from her Fickle Fish Films to the Sundance Film Festival this year. Based on Shannon Hale’s novel of ...

The missed opportunities in “Austenland” are more numerous than dowry-less sourpusses at a ball in a Jane Austen novel. Which is a shame. While this chintzy-looking romantic comedy thinks just a few ...

Jerusha Hess’s light, breezy, modestly funny “Austenland” should have no trouble attracting a major distributor due to its crowd-pleasing subject matter and a couple of familiar names in the cast, ...

Keri Russell as Austen fan Jane and Bret McKenzie as sexy servant Martin in the movie "Austenland." "Austenland” is as frustrating as a blind date with Almost Mr. Right. It’s impossible not to fixate ...

It is a universally acknowledged truth that one should not try to beat Jane Austen at her own game. Demure but feisty, Austen has fended off pretenders for two centuries. Some channel her with success ...

Austenland is the new romantic comedy from director Jerusha Hess. The film is based on a novel of the same name by author Shannon Hale. Jerusha Hess is the wife and writing partner of Jared Hess, the ...