Vanity FairITV★★★★☆Vanity Fair, which initially I had down as a fairground candy-floss adaptation — pleasant, fluffy, but wholly insubstantial — has grown on me over the weeks. It reminded me of the try-too-hard new girl at school who seems to be all clever quips, seductive winks and push-up bras, but turns out to have more to her than meets the eye. Its charm has thickened mainly because of Olivia Cooke’s beguiling performance as Becky Sharp; she has a face that the camera loves and a talent that will take her far. It has also benefited from the arrival of Martin Clunes and Frances de la Tour, who plays the panto-grotesque Matilda with great humour and campness and has given it heft. Sadly, Matilda snuffed…

Source: The Times September 23, 2018 22:52 UTC