Merchant-Ivory-Jhabvala team finds its groove with 1965`s `Shakespeare Wallah`
(LA Times Movies)

Note: A version of this review previously appeared in the Calendar section on March 2, 1998. For more than 50 years, producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, most often in collaboration with writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, made films renowned for their civility and sophistication. Many were...