I confess I wondered why anyone would want to remake Far From the Madding Crowd until I went back and watched some of John Schlesinger's 1967 version. Long, lavish and, Julie Christie ...

For those wondering where to watch the 2015 film Far from the Madding Crowd, it’s available on various streaming services. Max, which used to be called HBO Max, lets you see it with a subscription.

that it’s no wonder Far From the Madding Crowd screenwriter David Nicholls lifted it straight from Hardy’s Victorian novel for the new film starring Carey Mulligan. It’s also not hard to see ...

Now, here’s a great example of counter-programming. As of last Friday, with the return of Marvel’s superstar super-team, the onslaught of the big blockbuster, “check your mind at the door”, movie ...

“When I read it, that’s what I was most excited about that it was a story that started with a woman who turned down a proposal of marriage and a good one, and a really good one in our film,” ...

John Schlesinger made a long, lumpy film of the novel in 1967 that even a luminous Julie Christie couldn’t lift from the doldrums. Vinterberg, working from a tight script by David Nicholls ...

Among the most enduring of those heroines is “Madding Crowd’s” Bathsheba Everdene ... Julie Christie in John Schlesinger’s 1967 film version. When she delivers the character’s famous ...

Thus he has allowed director John Schlesinger only occasional – and principally mechanical – chances to forge his own film. It is the story of Bathsheba Everdene’s multifaceted love for the ...

Far from the Madding Crowd opens in limited release on Friday, May 1. Jordan Raup is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Film Stage and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. Track his obsessive ...