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There’s something about Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley” that makes it catnip to writers and directors looking for an engaging story with almost fantastical acts of murder, intrigue, and emotional manipulation to adapt to the screen. In fact, two versions have made it to film – Plein soleil in 1960 and the […]
Nicholas Winton is a famous humanitarian who helped save 669 children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia. His story is dramatised in the film One Life. In 1938 Nicholas Winton (Johnny Flynn) is a stockbroker who travels to Prague to help the British Refugee Council with the evacuation of political refugees. However, when Winton visits a refugee camp […]
Winston Churchill famously said “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” This bodyguard of lies was used in the elaborate espionage mission Operation Mincemeat where British Intelligence attempted to get the Germans to divert resources from the defence of Sicily. The year is 1943. The Allies prepare […]
The BBC/PBS adaptation of Les Misérables was an ambitious mini-series with an all-star cast and lavish production values. Following Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo France enters a period of political and social upheaval. The King has returned to rule France and Napoleonists are shunned. During this period Les Misérables focuses on Jean Valjean (Dominic West), a convict who’s ostracised when […]