Great novels, like so many French movies, set unrealistic expectations for mere mortals. Laura Piani’s splendid debut balances reality with the effervescent charm of vintage swooners. Blocked in both ...

Could a life review solve all your problems? - Could the simple act of taking time to reflect on your life experiences change ...

Laura Piani's fresh rom-com about a love-challenged French writer is more "Persuasion" than "Emma," but still finds its own pains and pleasures with ease. Agathe Robinson is beset by two classic ...

Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” played by the luminous Camille Rutherford, hasn’t so much been ruined by ...

A pleasant, low-friction bit of romantic fiction, “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” is the first feature from writer-director Laura Piani. In her mid-20s, Piani worked in Paris in the venerable ...

Born 250 years ago, Jane Austen remains the reigning queen of the marriage plot and, by extension, the romantic comedy. So if there’s something a bit discourteous in the title of writer-director Laura ...