Tag: Andrea Riseborough

  • Lee review: Kate Winslet as photographer Lee Miller

    Lee review: Kate Winslet as photographer Lee Miller

    Lee conveys a powerful visual message about Nazis and a courageous photographer named Lee Miller who was determined to photograph what she was seeing in the midst of World War II.

  • The Regime: season 1 complete review with Kate Winslet for the win

    The Regime: season 1 complete review with Kate Winslet for the win

    The Regime, with Kate Winslet as a deranged head of state, is a look inside the bubble of power in a European country. Inside the palace things are chaotic, bizarre, and leap from one crazy notion to another at the hands of Chancellor Elena Vernham (Kate Winslet). She is, to put it mildly, bonkers. Smart,…

  • To Leslie, as real as it gets

    To Leslie, as real as it gets

    To Leslie takes a painfully realistic look at an alcoholic mother who makes a big mess of her life after winning the lottery. Andrea Riseborough plays Leslie in a brilliantly convincing performance as the ruined mother.

  • Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical review

    Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical review

    Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical was a complete surprise to me. I was expecting music, dancing, and a happy, cheerful children’s story. There was music and dancing, but Matilda’s story turned out to be a dark fantasy about child abuse and neglect.

  • Luxor is slow and introspective

    Luxor is slow and introspective

    Luxor is a quiet and meditative journey through a few days with the main character, played by Andrea Riseborough. She’s spending a brief leave in Luxor, a place where she had a history years ago. The film is almost silent and very little in the way of action happens. It’s streaming on Prime Video.

  • The Kindness of Strangers moves slowly toward survival

    The Kindness of Strangers moves slowly toward survival

    The Kindness of Strangers is a slow moving story of one woman’s escape from an abuser. Zoe Kazan plays the woman. She took her two sons and fled in the middle of the night. What happened when she reached New York City forms the story. There are some spoilers ahead. The film is on Prime…