‘Elsinore’ Review: Andrew Scott Is Shattering as British Actor Ian Charleson, Throwing Himself Into Playing Hamlet While Succumbing to AIDS

The late British stage and screen actor Ian Charleson, who died of AIDS-related causes in 1990 at age 40, is mostly remembered for his role in the 1981 Oscar winner Chariots of Fire. That inescapable attachment haunts Charleson, played with raw determination, grace and an almost overwhelming depth of feeling by Andrew Scott in Elsinore, a tremendously…

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#‘One Life,’ Starring Anthony Hopkins as Real-Life Hero Who Rescued Children From Nazis, Lands London Film Festival Gala Slot

#‘One Life,’ Starring Anthony Hopkins as Real-Life Hero Who Rescued Children From Nazis, Lands London Film Festival Gala Slot

One Life, starring both Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn as a British humanitarian who helped rescue children from the clutches of the Nazis, will be among the main gala screenings at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. The film, the feature directorial debut of James Hawes (a noted British TV director who has helmed episodes…

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