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February 28, 2020
At the Movies: Austen's ‘Emma,' humanized but not modernized
By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer
AP National Writer
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as ‘Emma,’ directed by Autumn de Wilde.
There's beauty to spare in the new screen adaptation of Jane Austen's “Emma,” from its palatial country estates with their art-filled galleries and manicured lawns, to the exquisitely detailed costumes (those feathered bonnets!), to star Anya Taylor-Joy, whose porcelain skin and blonde ringlets look like they belong in a Botticelli painting.
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