Somewhere In Malta...

Little Women’s release pushed back to January 23, 2020.

I’m sorry but how much does Maurice’s Alec Scudder waiting for the love of his life remind you of CMBYN’s Elio Perlman waiting for the love of his life?

Second Elio gif masterfully made by: @dailycmbyn

The scene of angry Alec kicking and stamping inside the boathouse is a longtime favourite for me, but he’s always been hell to gif – so thank you for using. :) I hope Elio isn’t waiting quite as violently as Alec, though…

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“James Ivory’s talent is timeless – why did it take the Oscars so long…”

;-) This is amusing to think about because he made around 20 of his films (including the best-known/most successful) before Timmy was actually born.

Timmy is the latest in a very long line of actors to benefit from Ivory’s talent and (in his own films as director) his amazing taste in talent-spotting. I was going to list some of the names who were discovered, or got their first break, in Merchant and Ivory’s films, but there are so many: Thandie Newton, Christopher Walken, Helena Bonham Carter, Rupert Graves, Julian Sands, Daniel Day Lewis, James Wilby, Hugh Grant … and Greta Scacchi, who Ivory really wanted to re-cast as Annella in CMBYN.

A beautiful analysis and a lovely piece of critical writing from Scroll.In which also considers a wider field of queer cinema, from Maurice and Carol to Moonlight and Brokeback Mountain.

@thecoppercow: one for you and your friends (if you/they haven’t virtually written this already!)

This has to be the first time a critical analysis of a film brought tears to my eyes! So, either it is very very good (which it is), or the flu I've been fighting with for the last week has left me all weak and prone to teary fits (which is true as well).

James Ivory receives the 2018 Writers Guild Award for Adapted Screenplay for his script for Call Me by Your Name

WGA West, published 11 Feb 2018

‘…and I also wanted to thank the actors. Sometimes, one’s actors tend to get overlooked, in these kinds of speeches by directors and writers, and almost taken for granted. But how very, very lucky we were.’

finally a video interview with this legend!

@fermencja