Movies: Stefan Gates

A young American writer visits a famous author in the English countryside, and notices antagonism between the author and his wife over the upbringing of their young son....

Stiff Upper Lips is a broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant-Ivory productions of the 'eighties and early 'nineties. Although it specifically targets A Room with a View, Chariots of Fire, Maurice, A Passage to India, and...