MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR Reviewed by GREG KINGDirectors: Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps MaladeStars: Tahar Rahim, Marie-Julee Baup, Bastien Bouillon, Camille Moutawakil. Charles Aznavour is one of the icons of French culture and one of the country’s most popular entertainers. His career spanned some seventy years; he wrote or co-wrote over 1000 songs and sold over 180 million records. During career he also …
MARIA
MARIA Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Pablo LarrainStars: Angelina Jolie, Pierfranco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilinger, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Aggelina Papadopoulou, Valeria Golino, Stephen Ashfield, Vincent Macaigne. Maria Callas, who died at the age of 53 in 1977, is regarded as one of the greatest opera singers of all time. But her life, luminous career and her later health struggles deserve …
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: James MangoldStars: Timothee Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz, Scoot McNairy, Eriko Hatsune, Will Harrison, P J Byrne, Charlie Tahan, Michael Chernus, David Alan Basche, Kayli Carter, Eli Brown. Bob Dylan is, arguably, the most influential musician of the second half of the twentieth …
LEE
LEE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Ellen KurasStars: Kate Winslet, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, Marion Cotillard, Josh O'Connor, Noemie Merlant.Lee Miller was former model and glamourous icon who decided to pursue a career behind the camera and became a trailblazing photojournalist. In the 30s she became a photographer for British Vogue magazine. But when the war broke out in …
THE APPRENTICE
THE APPRENTICE reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Ali AbbasiStars: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Martin Donovan, Maria Bakalova, Catherine McNally, Charlie Carrick, Merk Rendall, Ben Sullivan, Joe Pingue, Bruce Beaton, Ian D Clark.Donald Trump is one of the most controversial and divisive figures in contemporary American politics at the moment and he has dominated the political landscape for the better …
MIDAS MAN
MIDAS MAN Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Joe StephensonStars: Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Eddie Marsan, Emily Watson, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Ed Speelers, Jonah Lees, Blake Richardson, Campbell Wallace, Leo Harvey-Elledge, Adam Lawrence, Darci Shaw, Jay Leno, Eddie Izzard.Most people are aware that Brian Epstein was the manager of The Beatles, and he steered them to global fame and success in the 60s changing …