Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh's classic novel of love and the British class system has been given a polished screen adaptation in this film version from director Julian Jarrold. Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) was raised in a middle-class household and though he's never known want and is fortunate enough to have been ...more

Religion is a powerful thing. One needn't search the annals of history and study its wars to know that religion has existed as a major source of conflict in societies since the dawn of time. It also redeems and ruins people, something Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) in Brideshead Revisited lives to discover and accept in this bewildering, dense, and somewhat maddening period piece that takes place before, during, and after World War I. Everything about the film, including tone, setting, and ...more