Here's hoping "agendas" and politics are left out of recognizing the best in film arts. (EDIT: Clearly agendas were NOT left out based on nominations MIA🙁) Daniels, Nia (26 July 2019). "The Dig to film in the UK". The Knowledge. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019 . Retrieved 30 January 2021.

WAGES. (Hansard, 5 June 1939)". api.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021 . Retrieved 8 February 2021. Still unable to remember that night and eager to leave his old life behind, Ronan decides to help Sean dig. A tale of rivalry, loss and thwarted love so absorbing that I read right through lunchtime one day, and it's not often I miss a meal' Nigella LawsonRalph Fiennes plays Brown, a tough, self-reliant man of few words and an outdoor tan, who does a fair bit of pipe-filling, pipe-smoking and pipe-biting. Fiennes plays him as someone who knows his worth, and he insists on getting two pounds a week from Mrs Pretty for his work and for his lifetime’s knowledge. Mulligan is Edith Pretty: intelligent, beautiful, lonely and mysteriously moved by what Brown is uncovering and by Brown’s own quietly messianic sense of purpose. But then the grand folk from London arrive, intent on taking possession of their precious discovery: Ken Stott is on great form as the pompous British Museum archaeologist Charles Phillips, his face as fierce and red as a toby jug. But along with Phillips is the mousy scholar Stuart Piggott (Ben Chaplin), a dull fellow who is failing to satisfy his young wife Margaret (Lily James) emotionally. And she is attracted to Edith’s (fictional) cousin Rory (Johnny Flynn).

The acting was comprehensive and Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan were really quite brilliant(and I not a fan of the latter after that terrible body part movie, Never Let Me Go). I'm not sure I was left convinced by the formal interactions, and the ever-so clipped accents, we were in 1939, and serfdom disappeared some years ago! Whilst good there is no Oscar here as neither provided sufficient range within their roles. Times Staff (19 November 2020). "Yes, Virginia, there are movies this holiday season. Here's where to find them". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020 . Retrieved 19 November 2020. Maher, Kevin (13 January 2021). "The Dig review — emotionally piercing and intoxicating drama about the pull of the past". The Times. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021 . Retrieved 14 January 2021. The film is directed by Simon Stone and based on a novel by John Preston. It fills in some reimagined holes in the historic excavation. Just like the ship that remained hidden for centuries, the insightful film is a study of characters who are also overlooked by others around them. It's a slow, steady exploration of people and things that disappear in time.In fact, as it transpires, Rory was a fictional character, so all he did was fill out the time. Cut him out, and you COULD cut it down to 90 minutes. A lot of the camerawork looks like it's hand-held because so many scenes are shot up close and personal, a good choice. Brueggemann, Tom (1 February 2021). "Tenacious 'Tenet' Still Soaring on VOD Charts as 'News of the World' Stays Strong". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021 . Retrieved 15 February 2021. a b c Sykes, Rebecca Wragg (29 January 2021). "How accurate is The Dig? What's true and false in Netflix's Sutton Hoo film". The Times. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021 . Retrieved 30 January 2021.