Don’t let the title fool you. Eleanor the Great is not some royal costume epic set in 1566. Instead Scarlett Johansson‘s wonderful and richly textured feature directorial debut is a small but ...

When we first meet Squibb’s Eleanor Morgenstein, who is 94 and still spry, she’s waking up in the bedroom she shares with her oldest friend, Bessie (Rita Zohar), in an apartment in Florida.

Impersonally directed by one of the most famous people in the world, “Eleanor the Great” is the near-opposite of auteur fare. Filmmaker Scarlett Johansson wouldn’t have it any other way ...

Scarlett Johansson’s Eleanor the Great had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival today, where it received a six-minute ovation. She said afterward that her film is “very timely.” ...

Shooting in tight close-up on a team which also includes Chiwetel Ejiofor and a lovely turn from young British actor Erin Kellyman, Johansson leads her film through multiple tonal changes with ...

and most of all forgiveness." By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The Oscar campaign for Eleanor the Great starts now. Raucous cheers and quite a few tears greeted the world premiere of ...

The actress was at the world premiere of her directorial debut, “Eleanor the Great,” but seemed determined to make sure this day was entirely about her film’s delightful 95-year-old star ...

Actor Scarlett Johansson's feature directorial debut 'Eleanor the Great' received great reviews at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. "Eleanor the Great" sees Squibb "play the witty and ...