On the stock exchange of literary acclaim, reputations rise, fall, go bust and sometimes rise again. These days, few writers have a higher valuation than Jane Austen, who's gone from being merely a ...

Naming your romantic comedy Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (now streaming on Netflix) inevitably saddles it with certain expectations. The big obvious one is the invocation of the Mighty Austen, whose ...

In celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday this year, the West Newton Cinema hosted “Behind the Screen: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” a film screening followed by a panel discussion, on Oct. 5.

Romantic comedies are a dime a dozen. And Romantic comedies inspired by Jane Austen are even more common. In Laura Piani's directorial debut, she boldly takes on modernizing Austen and manages to make ...