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ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL – Review by Susan Granger

May 5, 2022May 8, 2022 Susan Granger Anatomy of a Scandal, Michelle Dockery, netflix, rupert friend, sienna miller

Michelle Dockery plays a London Barrister determined to convict a high-profile rapist in the six-part Netflix series Anatomy of a Scandal.. Arrogant, aristocratic James Whitehouse (Rupert Friend) is a respected Member of Parliament. He is accused of rape by one of his aides, with whom he, admittedly, had an adulterous affair. This provocative courtroom drama/erotic thriller, pivoting around the controversial concept of ‘consent.’

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THE DEATH OF STALIN – Review by Martha P. Nochimson

November 1, 2018 Martha P. Nochimson (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments Andrea Riseborough, Armando ianucci, death of stalin, eye on media, Olga Kurylenko, rupert friend, steve buscemi

You can’t get a better deflector for these dark days in the United States than a serio-comic farce set in the now defunct Soviet Union in 1953, as the mammoth country was given an opportunity to emerge from the rigid structure of Stalin’s tyranny. The Death of Stalin (2017) directed by political satirist Armando Ianucci is such film, a comic tour de force about the anarchy hidden within despotism.