Colette is a biopic about the French author and actress Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette and how she rose from her husband’s shadow. Keira Knightley stars as the titular character, a peasant girl who falls in love and marries a Parisian author, Henry Gauthier-Villars (Dominic West), who goes by the name Willy. Willy soon makes his wife one of […]
Tag: historical drama
The Favourite Review
The Favourite is one of the leading candidates in this year’s award season, being an alternative take of British costume drama. In the early 18th century the frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) sits on the throne of Great Britain. Her friend and advisor Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz), plenty much rules the country. When […]
First Man Review
Neil Armstrong is a man known throughout the world yet was a private individual. The film First Man, based on a biography by James R. Hansen, sets out to tell this man’s personal and professional struggles. Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) was a test pilot who applies to become an astronaut after the death of his young […]