Movie Talk: 22 July, Private Life, The Happy Prince, Hold the Dark
The Happy Prince
His body ailing, Oscar Wilde lives in exile, surviving on the flamboyant irony and brilliant wit that defined him.
Director: Rupert Everett
Screenplay: Rupert Everett
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Emily Watson, and Tom Wilkinson
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Rated R
Hold the Dark
Summoned to a remote Alaskan village to search for the wolves that killed three children, a wolf expert soon finds himself unravelling a harrowing mystery.
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Screenplay: Macon Blair
Based on the novel by William Giraldi
Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Riley Keough, Alexander Skarsgard, and James Badge Dale
Distributor: Netflix
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Runtime: 2 hours 5 minutes
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Rated TV-MA
Private Life
A couple coping with infertility struggle to keep their marriage going as they navigate through the world of adoption and assisted reproduction.
Director: Tamara Jenkins
Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins
Cast: Kathryn Hahn, Paul Giamatti, Molly Shannon, John Caroll Lynch, and Kayli Carter
Distributor: Netflix
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Runtime: 2 hours 3 minutes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rated R
22 July
A dramatisation of Norway’s deadliest terrorist attack, in which a right-wing extremist murders 77 teens at a youth camp in 2011.
Director: Paul Greengrass
Screenplay: Paul Greengrass
Based on the book “One of Us: The Story of an Attack in Norway — and Its Aftermath” by Åsne Seierstad
Cast: Anders Danielsen Lie, Jon Øigarden, Jonas Strand Gravli, Maria Bock, Thorbjørn Harr, Ola G. Furuseth, Seda Witt, and Isak Bakli Aglen
Distributor: Netflix
Release Date: October 10, 2018
Runtime: 2 hours 23 minutes
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Rated R