Bright Star

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The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000

Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard

13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

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Ben Whishaw: impish star steals the show, even from James Bond | Observer profile
He’s everywhere at the moment. His second turn as Q is only one of many high-profile performances, both on screen and stage, for this compelling but self-effacing actor

Vanessa Thorpe

24, Oct, 2015 @11:05 PM

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Film trailer: Bright Star

The story of the romance between 19th century poet John Keats and his muse Fanny Brawne

20, Nov, 2009 @10:59 AM

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Bright Star | Film review

Jane Campion's marvellous ode to Keats is that rare thing – a biopic about a poet that does full justice to its subject, writes Philip French

Philip French, Critic of the Year

08, Nov, 2009 @12:05 AM

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Bright Star review – Jane Campion’s subtle and measured film about Keats
Jane Campion's film starring Ben Whishaw as the poet and Abbie Cornish as his lover Fanny Brawne is the best of her career

Peter Bradshaw

05, Nov, 2009 @10:55 PM

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Bright Star: at last a good film about poetry

The great poets' lives are infinitely colourful, so why are films about them so dull? Jane Campion's film about Keats is poetic justice

John Patterson

31, Oct, 2009 @12:11 AM

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Cannes film festival: Bright Star rising, Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw plays Keats in Jane Campion's Bright Star, an early favourite for the Palme d'Or. He tells Catherine Shoard what inspired him to play the Romantic poet and explains the importance of embracing the mysterious

Catherine Shoard and Shehani Fernando

19, May, 2009 @2:07 PM

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Cannes film festival review: Peter Bradshaw on Jane Campion's Bright Star
Jane Campion puts herself in line for her second Palme d'Or with this heartfelt and beautifully photographed story of the doomed love affair between John Keats and Fanny Brawne

Peter Bradshaw at the Cannes film festival

15, May, 2009 @12:54 PM

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