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Many people will not have been to the cinema for more than a year but, after months of closures, Britain’s cinemas will begin reopening from tomorrow and I, for one, cannot wait.
It goes almost without saying that cinemas offer bigger screens, fabulous sound and the deepest, darkest of blackouts, but what I’ve really missed is the concentration. At the cinema there’s no sudden need to boil a kettle, repel marauding teenagers or pause the latest Netflix offering while you answer the door.
Instead, when the lights go down there’s just you and your chosen film for the next couple of hours. Perhaps to be discussed over a glass of wine afterwards. Bliss!
Last modified on Thu 29 Apr 2021 04.02 EDT
âI create the art. She creates the rest of life. Everything we do is up to Claire.â Thatâs painter Richard Smythson speaking, an artworld big gun, Jackson Pollock-meets-Philip Roth, played by Bruce Dern. Heâs being interviewed in front of camera alongside his long-suffering wife Claire (Lena Olin). Her response is frozen on screen for a split second: a forced smile and behind it a flash of panicked terror and possibly rage. Itâs a moment of clarity that triggers a late-marriage crisis in Tom Dolbyâs tasteful drama, brilliantly acted but never entirely credible and not quite the force for feminism it wants to be.
February 22, 2021
“The Artist’s Wife” will be released on digital platforms and in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 30th April 2021 by Vertigo Releasing.
The film stars Lena Olin and Bruce Dern, and is directed by Tom Dolby, who wrote the screenplay with Nicole Brending and Abdi Nazemian.
Claire (Lena Olin) lives a quiet domestic life in the Hamptons as the wife of celebrated artist Richard Smythson (Bruce Dern). Once a promising painter herself, Claire now lives in the shadow of her husband’s illustrious career. While preparing work for his final show, Richard’s moods become increasingly erratic, and he is diagnosed with dementia.