That just leaves us Stephen Frears, the director of The Queen.
He really made his name with a trio of brilliant Thatcher era British films -- Sammie and Rosie get Laid (1987), My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)and Prick up your Ears (1987)
His American work has been less consistent, but sometimes brilliant. I'd say his masterpiece is the best, so far, adaptation of a jim thompson (the other one) novel -- The Grifters , but I also like his other Cusack film High Fidelity. Both of those films stand out as being excellent adaptations of novels.
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