Undeterred, the makers of Becoming Jane have elaborated on a supposed fling between the writer and a dashing young Irishman to deliver a tolerable romance. Set in 1795, Jane (Anne Hathaway ...

“Becoming Jane” plays like a Jane Austen novel starring Jane Austen — and what could be more arthouse friendly than that? Director Julian Jarrold, working from a screenplay by Sarah Williams ...

Inside, it is 1802, and I am "becoming Jane". For almost 200 years Jane Austen has maintained her dignified status as one of Britain's best-loved writers, but ever since the big-screen adaptation ...

Alan Silverman has a look at Becoming Jane. Pride, prejudice and persuasion: each has a role in the flirtation that might lead to marriage in Jane Austen's England; but there is also sense and ...

The movie “Becoming Jane,” which opens in theaters Friday, is based loosely upon some of the known facts (and conjecture) of Austen’s life. It depicts a young Jane — not yet a published ...