FX, in partnership with the BBC, has made a dreary, dismal and not very Dickensian miniseries out of Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations.” And while that seems to be in some measure the ...

Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" boasts one of the literature's most enigmatic and forbidding figures in Miss Havisham, the jilted bride who spends the rest of her days in her wedding gown as ...

But even those who have never read a word of Charles Dickens will realize early on the level of mischief afoot in writer Steven Knight’s reimagining of the 1861 “Great Expectations,” the ...

After a bleak reimagining of “A Christmas Carol” in 2019, Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”) is back to give another Charles Dickens tale, “Great Expectations,” similar treatment, with ...

Pip, the narrator of “Great Expectations,” whom Izzard plays along with every character in this solo spin on the classic, is at a loss for words, and Izzard is committed to the bit.

But this new small-screen adaptation of “Great Expectations,” which debuts Sunday on Hulu, was written by Steven Knight, who conceived the gritty “Peaky Blinders” and the violent ...

After a bleak reimagining of “A Christmas Carol” in 2019, Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”) is back to give another Charles Dickens tale, “Great Expectations,” similar treatment, with ...

GREAT EXPECTATIONS. By Vinson Cunningham. Hogarth, 254 pp., $28. Hawa Allan writes cultural criticism, fiction, and poetry. She is the author of ...

An edgy “Great Expectations,” Zach Braff’s latest feature, a top-notch BritBox series and a sensational neo-noir from China stand out this week. Here’s our roundup. “Great Expectations ...

Great Expectations was published in 1861, but the story of Pip and the people who encourage then disappoint his expectations takes place over 30 or so years, beginning around 1810.

Great Expectations, Steven Knight’s anticipated return to the world of Charles Dickens, has debuted its first teaser trailer (check it out above). The FX/BBC adaptation stars Olivia Colman as ...