Tag: The Lesson
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‘The Lesson’ Review: Richard E. Grant and Daryl McCormack Lead Turbulent Thriller
If there is a lesson of its own to take away from the thriller that is The Lesson, directed by Alice Troughton and written by Alex MacKeith, it is that less can often be more. Some of the most authentically tense films are those that rely on ratcheting up the tension and never overplaying its…
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‘The Lesson’ Review: Alice Troughton’s Witty, Dark Comedy Provides A Welcome, Hearty Showcase For Richard E. Grant [Tribeca]
None of us were privy to the casting process for Alice Troughton’s “The Lesson,” but I sincerely hope, with my entire heart, that they opened a bottle of champagne after locking in Richard E. Grant. He plays J.M. Sinclair, a fabulously successful and comfortably wealthy British author, the kind of fellow who lives on a…
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‘The Lesson’ Trailer Catches Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy in a Web of Lies
Noir thriller The Lesson, which will be making its world premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival before a mid-summer theatrical release, has just received a new trailer. The Lesson tells the story of an aspiring writer who gets sucked into a world of deceit after becoming a tutor for the son of a renowned…
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‘The Lesson’ Trailer: Literary Noir Thriller With Richard E. Grant & Julie Delpy Premieres At Tribeca, Hits Theaters On July 7
Alice Troughton is a British TV director with credits under her belt like “Doctor Who,” “Atlantis,” “The Flash,” and “A Discovery Of Witches.” But for her feature directorial debut, “The Lesson,” in theaters next month, she spins a noir thriller that takes the adage of “don’t meet your heroes” to its most dangerous conclusion.Continue reading…
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Maria Bakalova to Produce and Star in Her First Bulgarian Movie Post-‘Borat’
Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova is returning to Bulgaria for a dark comedy based on wildly true events.The “Borat 2” and “Bodies Bodies Bodies” actress is set to star in and produce “Triumph,” inspired by the aftermath of the fall of Communism in the 1990s when Bulgarian army officials teamed up with psychics to find a…
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Karlovy Vary Film Review: ‘The Father’
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, the sunny proverb goes. But what if life gives you inedibly sour quinces instead? The father-son odd-couple road trip comedy gets an appealingly deadpan, Bulgarian makeover in Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s third feature, a film that takes the bittersweet fruits of its funny, sad, silly situations, and…