“And yet when I lay these stories atop each other, no light does pass and no space remains. All my knowledge consumes itself.” So notes the eponymous narrator of “Angelica” (Random House, 331 pages, ...

“Hysteria” turns the subject of female sexual independence into the stuff of historical comedy, inviting viewers back to the Victorian era for a look at what led to the invention of the vibrator. Hugh ...

Something is abuzz in Victorian-era London. Proper upper-class ladies have been seen entering the establishment of Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce) in a state of nervous agitation and emerging, ...

More stories by Nigel M. Fresh off of making the Toronto International Film Festival’s official lineup earlier this morning, the Maggie Gyllenhall and Hugh Dancy fronted period comedy “Hysteria” has ...

"Hysteria" is a fun fling of a movie about medical science at its shakiest. Literally. This amusing period comedy chronicles the invention of the vibrator in the late Victorian era, when doctors used ...

Director Tanya Wexler takes the romantic comedy into uncharted territory in her new film "Hysteria", which opens Friday. Set in Victorian London, "Hysteria" deals with the invention of the electric ...

After seeing hundreds of films each year—narratives, documentaries, and short films alike, and everything from remakes and/or sequels to original stories—every now and again, you come across a ...

It is difficult for a male reviewer to write about the new Victorian comedy “Hysteria” without sounding condescending, but it should be clear to everyone that this film is being packaged for a certain ...

Tanya Wexler’s “Hysteria” is just a simple little Victorian-era period film, full of pretty costumes and clever remarks, about the invention of the vibrator. Funny that Merchant-Ivory somehow never ...

How three women producers joined forces to put together a daring period movie about romance, the stirrings of feminism and the invention of the modern vibrator. By Stuart Kemp Hugh Dancy encounters ...

"Hysteria" is a fun fling of a movie about medical science at its shakiest. Literally. This amusing period comedy chronicles the invention of the vibrator in the late Victorian era, when doctors used ...