IFC News Podcast #70: Anthony Minghella

Monday, March 24, 2008 | 11:23 AM

By Matt Singer and Alison Willmore

British playwright, screenwriter and Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella passed away last week at the early age of 54. Best known for glossy, classy literary adaptations like "The English Patient" and "Cold Mountain," the director maintained throughout his brief career a focus on class and on pressures that arise from being an outsider struggling to conform. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look through Minghella's six theatrical features and the themes to which he always returned.