THE CRITIC
This deliciously dark and sharp-witted thriller set in 1930s
London ‘theatreland’ stars Academy Award Nominee Sir Ian McKellen (The Lord of
the Rings, The Good Liar) as a powerful London theater critic who lures a
struggling actress into a blackmail scheme with deadly consequences. When the
most feared and vicious theatre critic in town Jimmy Erskine (McKellen), finds
himself suddenly in the cross hairs of the Daily Chronicle’s new owner David
Brooke (Mark Strong), he strikes a
sinister Faustian pact with struggling actress Nina Land (Gemma Arterton) who is desperate to win his favor. (UK, USA, 2023, 95 mins, R, English | Dir.
Anand Tucker)