Скачать или смотреть MEET THE FILMMAKERS: EMMA HOLLY JONES, Director: MR MALCOLM'S LIST

MR MALCOLM'S LIST tightens all the corset buttons when it comes to the period drama genre, the likes of which Merchant Ivory had a surprising run of blockbusters through the '80s and '90s (A Room with a View; Remains of the Day).

From her home in LA, next-big-thing British director EMMA HOLLY JONES assures SCREEN WATCHING's Simon Foster that her film may look all carriages and corsets, but it is in fact a very contemporary take on gender politics and social mores, more in the tradition of Hollywood's great romantic comedies.

Adapted from several sources (Jones' own short film; a novel; and, a script, which did a stint on the legendary 'Black List' of great unproduced screenplays), MR MALCOLM'S LIST stars Frieda Pinto as the upright country girl Julia, who reluctantly engages in a plan to teach the dashing bachelor Mr. Malcolm (Sope Dirisu) a lesson that ticking off a woman's behavioural traits is not the done thing, then or now.

MR. MALCOLM'S LIST will be available via digital download through Universal Pictures in Australia from November 14, 2022.