We loved Conclave which we saw at the Genesis last night: a brilliantly acted film of a papal election whose drama is presumably partly owing to the nature of a conclave and to the use of extraordinarily convincing sets to reconstruct the claustrophobia of the Vatican, but greatly helped by the amazing performances, particularly by Ralph Fiennes.
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We enjoyed it too. But I would have liked a bit more Isabella Rossellini – but then that would be true of pretty much any film she appears in (most recently La Chimera).
Am mentally gearing up to see The Brutalist when it comes out in January. Three hours and thirty five minutes is a big ask for a film, even in a cinema with comfy seats (we tend to watch films at the Barbican as they have cheap members’ rates and £6 seats for everyone on a Monday).
Thank you for the recommendation of The Brutalist. Sounds interesting. Stardust about Bob Venturi and Denise Scott Brown is coming up at the Barbican soon. Charles