Gorgeously photographed and beautifully acted, these two stories from novelist Thomas Hardy are perfect reminders why these stories are considered classics of literature and, in this case, of film. In Tess, Justine Waddell (Dracula 2000) gives a luminous performance as the poor country girl who is seduced, and abused, by the evil Alec d’Uberville. Pretty as she is, though, it is the spirit that Waddell brings to the part that makes this one of the best versions of the film you will ever see. Likewise, it is the lead performance of Ciran Hinds that makes the story of The Mayor of Casterbridge come alive. Hinds knows how to play the drunken bad guy of the beginning of the film t perfection, but the passion he brings to the part as the Mayor starts to see his past come back to haunt him is heartbreaking.
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