Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “I didn’t fear repercussions. I felt confident, in the hands of [director] Olivier [Assayas] and ...
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 premieres in Venice this ...
The two actors are compelling, but Olivier Assayas’s film has an episodic, one-thing-after-another quality that doesn’t allow it to gather force. It’s close to an hour into “The Wizard of the Kremlin” ...