On the surface, Jessica Swale would seem to have a lot of beginner’s luck. The first play she ever wrote, “Blue Stockings,” was a massive success with audiences and critics, premiering at ...

In the new film 'Summerland,' Gemma Arterton plays Alice, a woman living alone in a small English village during the Blitz. In this exclusive interview with Made in Hollywood, Arterton and the film's ...

Christina Radish is the Senior Entertainment Reporter at Collider. Having worked at Collider for over a decade (since 2009), her primary focus is on film and television interviews with talent both in ...

IFC Films is acquiring U.S. rights to “Summerland,” a British drama starring Gemma Arterton and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Variety has learned exclusively. The movie is the directorial feature debut from ...

In “Summerland,” the sun shines on the darkest of times. Playwright Jessica Swale’s feature directorial debut, available Friday, takes place in England against the backdrop of World War II. Gemma ...

Theatergoers are no stranger to Jessica Swale. The British playwright’s Blue Stockings, about the first English college to admit women, premiered in 2013 and won her a prestigious Evening Standard ...

Jennifer Swale is a young English playwright and theater director who is making her cinematic directorial debut with "Summerland," a movie she also wrote. It stars Gemma Arterton, whom Swale ...

“It’s no wonder there are particular groups in society where screenwriters tend to be people who look and sound quite similar,” says Jessica Swale, “because some parts of our community are more ...

"Here we are. So I say, 'make the most of it!'" IFC Films has unveiled an official trailer for an indie drama titled Summerland, which is of course being released this summer (because how could you ...

Of course, luck has little to do with Swale’s success; she’s a self-proclaimed workaholic who spent a decade building her bona fides as a stage director on such plays as “Sense and Sensibility” and ...

IFC Films has picked up the U.S. rights to 'Summerland,' Jessica Swale's feature directorial debut that stars Gemma Arterton and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The drama ...