Netflix’s “Ripley”, the Highsmith Novel, and Anthony Minghella’s Movie

Steven Zaillian’s Gorgeous Black-and-White Retelling of a Grifter's Story

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Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn and Andrew Scott in “Ripley”

“The Talented Mr. Ripley” is one of my all-time favorite movies, so I welcomed the arrival of Netflix’s new eight-part series “Ripley”. Though “Ripley” mines the same material, I knew that in the hands of writer-director Steven Zaillian and actor Andrew Scott the result …