The Winter Guest
First screened in January 1998
Director: Alan Rickman. With Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, Gary Hollwyood, Arlene Cockburn, Sean Biggerstaff, Douglas Murphy, Sandra Voe, Sheila Reid. Screenplay: Sharman MacDonald and Alan Rickman (from the play by Sharman MacDonald). Twitter Capsule:
Each of four strands pays rich emotional dividends. Evades pressure to warm itself up or tie everything together.
VOR:③
Impressively limns unrest around mortality among everyone, young and old, without feeling heavy. Easy to track back to stage, but cinematic enough. Both minor and undervalued.
