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Ralph Fiennes in Edward Berger’s Tense Pope Drama

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'Conclave'

Director Edward Berger, who made among the finest motion pictures of 2022 with a vivid adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Entrance, shifts gears rewardingly to a film set virtually fully contained in the Vatican. Conclave, tailored from the favored novel by Robert Harris, demonstrates Berger’s versatility and in addition gives among the finest … Read more

Could ‘Conclave’ Finally Bring Ralph Fiennes an Oscar?

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'Conclave'

Conclave, the German filmmaker Edward Berger’s follow-up to his Oscar-celebrated interpretation of All Quiet on the Western Entrance, had its world premiere on the Telluride Movie Pageant’s Herzog Theatre on Friday night time. And if my intestine response to the movie, and that of business insiders with whom I consulted after it ended, are any … Read more