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Goods of the Mind: “The Jane Austen Book Club” Film Review

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

What would Jane do?

People everywhere screaming into cell phones, metal detectors going off, and machines not accepting your dollar bill: this montage of daily frustrations in 21st century Los Angeles is the opening scene of The Jane Austen Book Club. Although everyone is busily talking, no real communication is taking place. That is, until Bernadette, played by Kathy Baker, decides to start a monthly book club (more…)