Reporting from Toronto — Hollywood being what it is, and authors being who they are, film productions don’t tend to involve many novelists. They’re rarely granted the chance to adapt their own ...

On Chesil Beach is a romantic drama film that centers around a newlywed couple who decide to enjoy their honeymoon on a beach resort, but their expectations turn into a disaster as several ...

The scene couldn’t be more idyllic: an isolated beach, a pair of young lovers, nothing but them and the sea. But in Dominic Cooke’s debut feature film, “On Chesil Beach,” nothing is as it seems, and ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

With three Academy Award nominations under her belt, Saoirse Ronan may be hoping that a return to her roots could finally secure her the trophy. On Chesil Beach, released May 18, is her second ...

Saoirse Ronan as Florence Ponting and Billy Howle as Edward Mayhew in On Chesil Beach, a Bleeker Street release. Photo: Robert Viglasky / Bleeker Street © Both ...

Ian McEwan adapted On Chesil Beach from his own 2007 novella, so it’s a little odd to fault the film’s screenwriter for losing what makes the original so powerful: its careful blend of sexual ...

Another casualty of MGM. Instead of directing the 23rd James Bond movie, Sam Mendes has moved on to a few interesting projects on stage and screen instead. He'll first be working on directing a West ...

"What is it, darling?" Bleecker Street has released the official US trailer for an indie drama titled On Chesil Beach, which premiered at the Toronto and London Film Festivals last year to some rave ...

The trailer for Saoirse Ronan's next film is here, and she's a world away from the Oscar-nominated Lady Bird's high school angst. On Chesil Beach is set in 1962 and sees Ronan star as upper-class ...

The novella is vintage McEwan, for good and ill. The good is his usual brilliance as a wordsmith - the gorgeous yet precise prose style; the by-now-predictable genius for summoning up compelling inner ...