Rachel Weisz – FilmFest Salon

Film: “The Favourite”

Directed by Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favorite is a sly, mostly on-target story of royal back-stabbing under the reign of Queen Anne that has been getting a lot of critical praise. As satire, it sets a high standard for itself, and, more often than not, it reaches it. But, whatever its limitations as satire – […]

Film: “Denial”

By filmfestsalonNovember 2, 2016Film Review BlogDavid Hare, David Irving, Deborah Lipstadt, holocaust, Mick Jackson, Rachel Weisz, Rumpole, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson

This is one of the more curious docudramas I’ve seen recently, and it’s still unclear to me what the filmmakers were trying to do. The story, which is well-known, is about the libel suit filed in England by David Irving against Deborah Lipstadt, an American, because she accused him of falsifying his research in […]