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

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