‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ Review: It’s Time to Say Goodbye, but Not to Everyone

“Downton Abbey: A New Era” is bookended by a wedding and a funeral. In between, a good deal happens: Babies are born and paternities questioned, long-simmering romances clinched and fresh ones set to bloom; an excursion takes a fraction of the family to France while a film crew keeps the rest of them busy back home. It all adds up to rather more than audiences of 2019’s standalone “Downton Abbey” feature must have expected, if only because the earlier film seemed conspicuously uninterested in starting anything new. That’s the trouble with television — from a film critic’s perspective, at least…. Read Full Article