Michael Arditti

A scrapbook of sketches: James Ivory’s memoir is slipshod and inconsequential

Aged 93, the director looks back on his life in films, but the wit and elegance of Merchant-Ivory productions are sadly missing

James Ivory filming The Bostonians in 1983. [Mikki Ansin/Getty Images]
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