Novelist Louis de Bernières recalled that Cage was going through a "horrendous time" while filming the 2001 period piece. The 2001 war drama, directed by John Madden, was in production while Cage was ...

The social lessons of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, all of them suitable for framing in just about any dorm room, are these: War is bad. Love is good. The Italians love to sing, even when they’re ...

Its makers wouldn't describe it this way, but Captain Corelli's Mandolin may be viewed as a sort of Pearl Harbor for grown-ups. They both are love stories set against the backdrop of World War II. It ...

Insomniacs take heart: The soothing sounds of "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" are an invitation to snooze away a couple of hours.For a film that sets out to show lust for life in the face of war, ...

There are two passions in the life of award-winning novelist Louis De Bernières: writing and music, writes Andy Richardson. "I enjoy landscape gardening and mechanical engineering," he said. It's a ...

"Captain Corelli's Mandolin," based on on the best-selling British novel (abbreviated stateside to "Corelli's Mandolin"), will likely not win over many who aren't already fans of the book. What's more ...

Should we worry about Nicolas Cage? Watching this gifted actor in the lush new war romance Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, as he struts and frets so handsomely and woos starlet-of-the-moment Penelope Cruz ...

Novelist Louis de Bernières has recalled Nicolas Cage’s “horrendous” experience making the film adaptation of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin during a talk at Henley Literary Festival 2023. The author of ...

Cephalonia 1941. Captain Corelli, an enigmatic young Italian officer, is posted to the idyllic Greek island as part of the occupying forces. Shunned by the locals at first, he proves to be civilised, ...

NPR's Film Critic Bob Mondello says Captain Corelli's Mandolin, the week's big movie release, is a disappointment, taking a complicated novel and boiling it down to a passionless romance. But Mondello ...