Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Marketed as the third and last film in the franchise, dedicated to the memory of Maggie Smith, the story is set in the early 1930s and there’s a change of…

Downton Abbey: A New Era

In 1928, Violet (Maggie Smith) surprises everyone by revealing that she has a villa in the south of France; at the same time, a film production company asks the family…

Ordinary People: Absent Mother

Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton. Photo: Paramount Judith Guest gave up her teaching job to focus on writing her first novel, the one that would become ”Ordinary People”, trying…

Downton Abbey

In 1927, the Crawleys are informed that King George V and Queen Mary will visit Downton Abbey, and the preparations begin. The movie adaptation of the 2010-2015 TV series has…

Downton Abbey: An Empire in Change

Photo: ITV I’ve lost count of how many times various actors have come to my country to promote a new season of Downton Abbey. It hasn’t always been the biggest…