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It may be oversimplifying things to say that “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” the new Olivier Assayas film starring Paul Dano and Jude Law, is “Interview with the Vampire” meets “The Apprentice,” but the comparison is probably welcome considering the latter film earned two Oscar nominations earlier this year for stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Jeremy Strong as …

Olivier Assayas‘ chilling political thriller The Wizard of the Kremlin, starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin and Paul Dano as the Russian president’s master propagandist, Vadim Baranov, met a warm embrace at the 82nd Venice Film Festival on Sunday night, drawing the customary standing ovation and hoots of “bravo” inside the water city’s Sala Grande cinema. Co-star Alicia Vikander wiped …

As a French auteur with international pedigree, Olivier Assayas likes to split his time between intimate homegrown dramas and kinetic thrillers that never stay in the same place for too long. On one side, there are the director’s very Gallic works like Late August, Early September, Summer Hours, Non-Fiction and recent COVID comedy Suspended Time. And on the other there …

“The Wizard of the Kremlin,” a political thriller starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin and Paul Dano as his former right-hand man and spin-doctor Vadim Baranov, earned a hugely enthusiastic 10-minute standing ovation at this year’s Venice Film Festival. While the film belonged to Dano, who smiled appreciatively at the applause, it was the star power of Law that gave …

Oliver Assayas’ topical drama The Wizard of the Kremlin, revolving around a scheming Russian spin doctor who smooths Vladimir Putin’s ascent to power in the 1990s, world premiered in Venice this afternoon. Paul Dano plays the titular role of Vadim Baranov, a former avant-garde artist and reality TV show producer, who becomes the unofficial advisor to ex-KGB agent Putin as rises up the political …

Jude Law had no qualms about portraying the ruthless Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Olivier Assayas‘ political thriller “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” which premiered Aug. 31 at the Venice Film Festival. “I hope not naively, but I didn’t fear repercussions. I felt confident, in the hands of Olivier and the script, that this story was going to be told …

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jude Law transforms into Vladimir Putin for Olivier Assayas’ “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” which has its world premiere Sunday at the Venice Film Festival. Law said Sunday before the premiere that he didn’t enter the project naively, and that he also does not fear repercussions for his portrayal. “I felt safe in the hands of …

Ron Howard’s new film “Eden” is a true story about disenchanted Europeans, who, in the 1930s, escaped from their society and decamped on a lonely rock in the Galapagos, only to see their handmade utopia devolve into petty power struggles and murder. It’s also lurid proof that Charles Darwin missed out on the truly juicy survival-of-the-fittest action by about a …

I thought Ron Howard couldn’t get any darker than his 2003 Western The Missing, but with his latest Eden he comes pretty close. This is a true story and Howard’s film, a 15-year passion project of his to bring to the screen, follows the real details fairly closely, something easy to check since filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine made …