Quantum of Solace actress Gemma Arterton responds to criticism that the film could have done more with her character.
A haunting new trailer for a new adaptation of Black Narcissus has arrived. The three-episode limited series stars Gemma Arterton, Alessandro Nivola, Aisling Franciosi, Jim Broadbent, and the late Diana Rigg (in one of her last on-screen appearances). This is the second time Rumer Godden's 1939 novel of the same name has been adapted for the screen. Previously, Deborah Kerr starred in Powell and Pressburger's 1947 feature film adaptation. [caption id="attachment_930356" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via FX[/caption] The trailer for this new Black Narcissus adaptation focuses on building a strong sense of dread …
Written and directed by Jessica Swale, the wartime drama Summerland follows Alice (Gemma Arterton), a reclusive writer with a prickly personality who is content in her solitary life in England during World War II. When she finds herself in a situation where she’s to adopt a frightened young London evacuee named Frank (Lucas Bond), he warms her heart and allows her to re-evaluate painful secrets from her past that free her on her own journey. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, filmmaker Jessica Swale talked about what inspired her to write Summerland, telling a period …