#LetterboxdFriday RESURRECTION - 🇨🇳 This is quite something, although at 2hrs 40, I suspect it requires a higher than average tolerance for not knowing quite what's happening for long periods of time ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA - 🇯🇵 Grittier remake of Japanese classic that isn't quite as good, but does stand on its own merits ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ EMMA (TV FILM) - 🇬🇧 Kate Beckinsale makes no attempt to be likeable as Emma. Thumbs up. Sam Morton is a good Harriet, because Sam Morton is good at everything. Mark Strong's Knightley is too stern though. It turns an unexpected romance into 'What does she see in him?' Solid enough though ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ EMMA (TV MINISERIES) - 🇬🇧 There are film adaptations that demonstrate you can tell this story in 2 hours, but inevitably if you've got 4 to play with, you can tell it better. Also, the relationship between Romola Garai's Emma and Johnny Lee Miller's Knightley is (usually) more playful here so the attraction works ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ #LastFourWatched