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25 September 2009 6:33 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

A director known for passionate stories, Campion shows her subtle side in "Bright Star." A massive Toronto Film Festival crowd of stars and filmmakers, publicists and photographers, packs the Inter-Continental Hotel patio for an opening weekend afternoon of interviews and photo shoots. Jane Campion, in Toronto for her jewel-like period romance “Bright Star,” about the English poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his romance with his neighbor Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), watches the chaos from an inside sofa; separated from the noise by a floor-to-ceiling window. Campion is something of a film festival veteran, going back to her early dramas “Sweetie,” “An Angel At My Table” and her best-known movie, “The Piano.” Still, even after 20 years as a director, Campion knows that the film business is always full of surprises. That's the topic of her conversation with specialty film vet Bob Berney co- founder of the newly formed film company Apparition, »

19 September 2009 8:59 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Iain Blair

New Zealand writer-director Jane Campion, whose few but impressive credits include “The Piano,” which won three Oscars including Best Screenplay for Campion, “The Portrait of a Lady” and “An Angel at my Table,” has always marched to the beat of her own drummer, and always liked a challenge. She certainly found one with her latest film, “Bright Star,” the story of the passionate affair between an unknown 23-year-old English poet, John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and the young, flirty fashionista next door, Fanny Brawne (Abbi... »

- Lew Harris

16 September 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | TribecaFilm.com | See recent Tribeca Film news »

Jane Campion is a rare filmmaker - she has the ability to shift your molecules, your awareness, the way you think. You stumble out of her films in a daze, and the images, ideas, and moments within, they simply don't leave. She's done it before with the likes of An Angel at My Table and The Piano, and her newest film, Bright Star, is a winning addition to her singular canon. After a six-year hiatus, Bright Star was sparked by the story of Fanny Brawne, the teenager who fell in love with Romantic poet John Keats and inspired his amazing, beautiful love letters and some of his greatest poems, including the gorgeous 'Bright Star.' Brawne, embodied by Australian actress Abbie Cornish (Stop-Loss, Somersault), is full of teenage fire and ardor, moments of brattiness, grace, and wisdom. It's a mesmerizing portrait of a girl, who - in her love and »

3 articles from 2009