Movies

April, 1992

Not one but two new movies adapted from E. M. Forster novels follow in the picturesque pathways blazed by A Room with a View and A Passage to India. The best of the latest duo is Howards End (Orion Classics), from Room's producer/director team of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, working again with Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, whose spirited screenplay turns a fine book into cinematic quicksilver.Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter stand out in a stellar cast that also features Vanes...