Greta Gerwig's powerful retelling of a feminist classic pierces deeply into the heart of a book known to everyone but so often misunderstood and underestimated.
Emma Watson, from left, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan and Eliza Scanlen in Little Women.
One can groan about the debased state of Hollywood, but despite the relentless assembly line of blockbusters there are always new productions that shore up one’s faith in the cinema.
The big surprise is that some of these films are remakes of beloved golden oldies. I say “some” because the 2012 remake of Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall, for instance, was a debacle of titanic proportions.
