French writer Laura Piani tells IndieWire how she used her directorial debut as a modern way into Austen's smart brand of romantic comedy.

Laura Piani’s ode to a beloved author delivers on its promise of gentility, gracious settings and mostly frictionless romance ...

The director of "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" was inspired by Austen's ability to be both entertaining and deep.

She can’t stand him. It’s perfect. “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” is the kind of warm romance that will make any bookish ...

Take Laura Piani’s “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.” The opening title cards look extremely familiar. They use the Windsor Light ...

Camille Rutherford plays a French bookseller who gets the opportunity of a lifetime to attend a writing residency named after ...

Laura Piani's amiable new romance is weighed down by all its allusions and borrowings — and ultimately fails to deliver on ...

Besides Shakespeare, no author may haunt the screen more than Jane Austen. Her novels, full of heroines who find love and usually a life lesson or two, practically spawned the romantic comedy.

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” which opens at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center on Friday, May 30, is not a period piece. It ...

That sure sounds like a classic love triangle to me. Also starring Annabelle Lengronne, Liz Crowther, Alan Fairbairn, Lola Peploe, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life sounds like a sweet, romantic ...