In 1938, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, Landowner Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) hires self-taught archeologist Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) to excavate large burial mounds on her rural estate.  The Dig is a rather superb film with two genuinely interesting plot lines.  The first is a race against time that is placed straight in front of us. Edith … Continue reading The Dig