I hardly ever go to the cinema, but on a sudden whim yesterday I went to see Bright Star, Jane Campion's film about the love affair of John Keats and Fanny Brawne. I'd go to it again like a shot.
It is superb: visually very, very beautiful, scripted and filmed with subtlety and restraint, extremely well acted, and of course, terribly sad - but the emotional pitch is perfect, it is not sentimental. Do go and see it if you can.
The marvellous costumes are on show at Keats House in London's Hampstead, and the film's title comes from this poem. You can see a short interview with Jane Campion here and another trailer here.
I ought to act on sudden whims more often if they are as successful as this one was!
