Nov 29th
The Dig*
(GB/US 2021)
Netflix/Magnolia Mae Films/Clerkenwell Films/BBC. 112m.

In 1939 local archaeologist Basil Brown helps landowner Edith Pretty to excavate her land and unearth the ancient Anglo Saxon burial site at Sutton Hoo.
Interestingly beautiful to look at (patterned in style a little after Terrence Malik) with Surrey standing in mostly for Suffolk, then settling into more conventional period drama, with the cliches of needing antagonists (the outside museum curators) and an unnecessary romantic sub-plot, which thankfully don't distract too much from what is otherwise an absorbing delve into history, from the 20th century and much earlier.

Written by: Moira Buffini, based on the book by John Preston.
Producers: Gabrielle Tana, Ellie Wood, Carolyn Mars Blackwood, Murray Ferguson/
Director: Simon Stone.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan, Lily James, Ben Chaplin, Johnny Flynn, Ken Stott, Archie Barnes, Monica Dolan.
Photography: Mike Eley.
Music: Simon Gregory.
Editing: Jon Harris.