Enigmatic, witty novelist Iris Murdoch lived a life of the mind until her death from Alzheimer's disease in 1999. She also lived a life of bisexuality, carrying on numerous affairs with women both before and, allegedly, during her involvement of more than 40 years with husband John Bayley.
Iris, the new Miramax film chronicling the couple's early years and her later deterioration, downplays Murdoch's lesbian side--yet offers a big plus in the person of Dame Judi Dench, a favorite ...