Heads-Up on 25 New Movies

Grace of Monaco The festival opens in classy Riviera style with political and personal crisis for actor-turned-monarch Grace Kelly (Nicole Kidman). Should she make Marnie? Is her marriage – to Tim Roth’s Prince Rainer – getting stale? And what can she do about threats to Monaco’s privileged tax status? Full-bodied support is on hand from Robert Lindsay (as Aristotle Onassis), Frank Langella (as a helpful priest) and Derek Jacobi (as a parrot-loving protocol expert). Cannes lends a location-appropriate berth for the biopic, but controversy has already been brewing. Foxcatcher Steve Carell acquires fake nose and Oscar speculation to play real-life philanthropist-turned-murderer John … Continue reading Heads-Up on 25 New Movies