Terence Davies' The House of Mirth is a tragic love story set against a background of wealth and social hypocrisy in turn of the century New York. Lily Bart is a ravishing socialite at the height ...

Edith Wharton's novel The House Of Mirth is not everyone's idea of cracking cinematic material. Not much happens, and it happens slowly. Terence Davies has cast Gillian Anderson in the main role ...