THE VIRTUOSO is a US crime thriller in which a hitman struggling with his conscience reluctantly accepts one last job and travels to a small roadside town to kill a mystery target.
Interview: Nick Stagliano Talks The Virtuoso (Exclusive)
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[L-R] Anthony Hopkins and Writer-director-producer Nick Stagliano on the set of the crime-action thriller, ‘The Virtuoso,’ a Lionsgate release. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate.
Anti-heroes who determinedly set out to interprete the ambiguities of the situations they encounter as they struggle to survive in the film noir genre have long remained timely and provocative. Writer-director-producer Nick Stagliano has once again provena his skill in a making a viscerally modern crime thriller by creating a story that thrives on the subtleties and mysteries that drive the main character and plot with his latest feature, ‘The Virtuoso.’ Also fueled by compelling supporting characters, dynamic compositions and visuals, and bold suspense, the movie is a cinematic achievement, as it explores universal themes of identity, fate, guilt and redemption.
I Hate Suzie
Watching Billie Piper in this intense and very adult black comedy, it’s amazing to recall that when she began her career as what used to be called a ‘teenybopper’ pop star, it was assumed she’d be a here-today-gone-tomorrow phenomenon.
In fact, she has repeatedly shown her talents as a brilliant actress, and she does so again here. Piper plays Suzie, a former child star whose career is upended when sexually explicit photos of her with a man who is definitely not her husband pop up online.
Watching Billie Piper (above) in this intense and very adult black comedy, it’s amazing to recall that when she began her career it was assumed she’d be here-today-gone-tomorrow