The Film Stage

Hugh Grant Falls in Forbidden Love in Restoration Trailer for James Ivory’s ‘Maurice’

In 1987, James Ivory‘s Maurice first premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where he picked up the Silver Lion award as Best Director. Thirty years later, the Cohen Media Group has acquired the rights ...
Bay Area Reporter

'Merchant Ivory' - James Ivory on the documentary about his decades-long film career

Theirs was one of the longest partnerships in cinema history (1961-2007), almost defining independent filmmaking, that is now being profiled definitively in the new conventional documentary "Merchant ...
Salon

From Hugh Grant to Emma Thompson, “It was on everyone’s checklist to make a Merchant Ivory film”

Director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant made 43 films together between 1961 and 2007. They worked with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins on more than half of ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Merchant Ivory’ Review: Illuminating Doc Examines the Private and Professional Sides of an Enduring Film Partnership

The prolific company founded by producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory became synonymous with elegant literary adaptations in the 1980s and ‘90s. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic ...
Bay Area Reporter

'Solid Ivory: Memoirs' - gay filmmaker James Ivory's career told

Distinguished gay movie director James Ivory is one of the founders of independent films, part of the successful Ismail Merchant (producer) and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenwriter) collaboration that ...