Paradise Lost - By Joanne Ross Julian Jarrold’s eagerly awaited film version of Brideshead Revisited is a visually opulent, engrossing and sensitive period drama. It touches on such large themes as religious devotion, forbidden desire, class differences, duty and responsibility, guilt and manipulation, the... MORE >>
Passions Explored - By Diana Saenger Brideshead Revisited, adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel, was a popular British miniseries 27 years ago. Set in pre-World War II England, the story centers on the decay of an aristocratic family as witnessed by an outsider brought into the fold through one troubled family... MORE >>