All From the Sight and Sound archive articles

From the Sight and Sound archive

The House of Mirth: a Wharton adaptation that rivals Scorsese’s

Terence Davies’s sumptuous story of New York high society returns to UK cinemas this week. In our October 2000 issue, Philip Horne explored what made the film “an unpredictable, unformulaic success”.

By Philip Horne

The House of Mirth: a Wharton adaptation that rivals Scorsese’s
Load more