Tag: Simon Russell Beale
Firebrand | Review
One Survived: Ainouz Attempts to Give a Queen Her Due
The Tudor era has maintained public fascination for the past five hundred years, a linchpin...
Karim Aïnouz’s Firebrand – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5
A mainstay in the Un Certain Regard section (with a whopping four films as director/writer) and has sprinkled his films in Venice and Berlinale...
Benediction | Review
Words of War: Davies Recuperates Another Poet in Impressionistic Biopic
Following the critical success of his masterful portrait of Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion...
Operation Mincemeat | Review
Get Them to the Greek: Madden Traipses Lightly Through Factual WWII Espionage
Despite it’s presentation as a frothy pseudo-comedy, the events transpiring in John...
Radioactive | Review
Particle Decay: Satrapi Explores Curie in Elliptical, Stunted Biopic
The persona of Marie Curie is a no-brainer as far as cinematic importance and appeal goes,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #150. Operation Mincemeat – John Madden
Operation Mincemeat
Moving into his fourth decade of filmmaking, British director John Madden returns with a major pull the rug WWII drama in Operation Mincemeat....
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #107. Radioactive – Marjane Satrapi
Radioactive
Marjane Satrapi continues to work in the English language with fifth feature, Radioactive, a UK production financed through Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of...
