Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” ...

The director of "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" was inspired by Austen's ability to be both entertaining and deep.

Driving through the countryside, aspiring author Agathe (Camille Rutherford) and grumpy literature professor Oliver (Charlie ...

It may be utter fantasy, but it’s the kind of escape you’ll want to revisit again and again, like a favorite Austen novel.” ...

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is for the book lovers, not the romance lovers. Written and directed by Laura Piani, this French ...

From Clueless to Bridget Jones, Jane Austen's influence is everywhere - but which of her novels are the most popular?

A modern heroine learns about love, and a whole lot more, at a writing residency.

Laura Piani's amiable new romance is weighed down by all its allusions and borrowings — and ultimately fails to deliver on ...

In Laura Piani's knowing comedy, a headbound bookshop clerk finds herself not ruined by the author but charmed by the possibilities of a fuller existence.

The perils of romance, embarrassing families, self-knowledge and love – all wrapped up in a good dose of social satire – are ...

Part marriage plot, part novel about novels, “Northanger Abbey” is Austen’s strangest—and perhaps most underappreciated—work.

Take Laura Piani’s “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.” The opening title cards look extremely familiar. They use the Windsor Light ...