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| director = [[Trevor Nunn]] |
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| runtime = 101 minutes |
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| distributor = [[Lionsgate |
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'''''Red Joan''''' is a 2018 British [[Spy film|spy]] [[drama (film and television)|drama]] film, directed by [[Trevor Nunn]], from a screenplay by Lindsay Shapero. The film stars [[Sophie Cookson]], [[Stephen Campbell Moore]], [[Tom Hughes (actor)|Tom Hughes]], [[Ben Miles]], [[Nina Sosanya]], [[Tereza Srbova]], and [[Judi Dench]]. |
'''''Red Joan''''' is a 2018 British [[Spy film|spy]] [[drama (film and television)|drama]] film, directed by [[Trevor Nunn]], from a screenplay by Lindsay Shapero. The film stars [[Sophie Cookson]], [[Stephen Campbell Moore]], [[Tom Hughes (actor)|Tom Hughes]], [[Ben Miles]], [[Nina Sosanya]], [[Tereza Srbova]], and [[Judi Dench]]. |
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The film is based on a novel of the same name written by Jennie Rooney, which was itself inspired by the life of [[Melita Norwood]].<ref name="screendaily.com">{{cite news|last=Grater|first=Tom|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/judi-dench-sophie-cookson-to-star-in-trevor-nunns-red-joan-exclusive/5122043.article|title=Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson to star in Trevor Nunn's 'Red Joan' (exclusive)|work=Screendaily|date=7 September 2017|access-date=17 May 2019}}</ref> Norwood worked at the [[British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association]] as a secretary and supplied the [[Soviet Union]] with nuclear secrets.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2019/05/10/Red-Joan-movie-review-Judi-Dench-Sophie-Cookson-real-life-spy/stories/201905090106|title='Red Joan' explores real-life spy's recruitment, life and dilemma|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|language=en|access-date=2019-05-12}}</ref> The |
The film is based on a novel of the same name written by Jennie Rooney, which was itself inspired by the life of [[Melita Norwood]].<ref name="screendaily.com">{{cite news|last=Grater|first=Tom|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/judi-dench-sophie-cookson-to-star-in-trevor-nunns-red-joan-exclusive/5122043.article|title=Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson to star in Trevor Nunn's 'Red Joan' (exclusive)|work=Screendaily|date=7 September 2017|access-date=17 May 2019}}</ref> Norwood worked at the [[British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association]] as a secretary and supplied the [[Soviet Union]] with nuclear secrets.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2019/05/10/Red-Joan-movie-review-Judi-Dench-Sophie-Cookson-real-life-spy/stories/201905090106|title='Red Joan' explores real-life spy's recruitment, life and dilemma|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|language=en|access-date=2019-05-12}}</ref> The information that Norwood betrayed to the Soviets hastened the pace at which they developed nuclear bomb technology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/review-judi-dench-shows-range-in-red-joan-portraying-a-complete-idiot|title=Review: Judi Dench shows range in 'Red Joan,' portraying a complete idiot|last=LaSalle|first=Mick|date=April 22, 2019|website=San Francisco Chronicle|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-12}}</ref> |
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''Red Joan'' had its world premiere at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] on 7 September 2018 and was released on 19 April 2019, by [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] in the United Kingdom. |
''Red Joan'' had its world premiere at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] on 7 September 2018 and was released on 19 April 2019, by [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] in the United Kingdom. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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The young Joan Smith |
The young Joan Smith studies physics at [[Cambridge University]]. Her [[German Jew]] friends Sonya and Leo Galich introduce her to [[socialists]] and [[radical politics]]. Sonya and Leo are cousins, but grew up together and their relationship is more like that of a brother and a sister. Smith falls in love with the intense intellectual Leo. |
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Joan is recruited to work for the wartime Tube Alloys project to build an [[atomic bomb]] for Britain and meets |
Joan is recruited to work for the wartime [[Tube Alloys]] project to build an [[atomic bomb]] for Britain and meets scientist Max. Leo tries to recruit Joan to spy for the Soviet Union, but she rejects him and ends their relationship, accusing him of using her. She falls in love with Max, but he ends their relationship saying he wants Joan as his wife, not his mistress, but his wife will never agree to a divorce. Joan is appalled by the 1945 [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]], and is frightened by suggestions that Britain develop its own atomic bombs for possible use against the Soviet Union. She contacts the Galiches to provide information about the [[Operation Hurricane|British nuclear programme]] to the Soviet Union. |
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Joan finds her work increasingly difficult in the [[Cold War]] atmosphere of suspicion and paranoia. After she again accuses Leo of using her, he dies, apparently by suicide although murder is later suggested. Sonya flees Britain. Joan learns that Sonya's child was Leo's, adding to her sense of betrayal, and she returns to Max. After the Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb in 1949, Max is arrested and charged with espionage for the Soviets. Joan visits Max in prison where he tells her his wife has agreed to a divorce. Joan confesses to Max that she provided the intelligence that led to him being charged. He forgives her. Joan obtains Max's release by blackmailing Sir William Mitchell, a high-ranking diplomat and Soviet spy. |
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In 2000, Joan is arrested and charged with espionage. She is interrogated by two |
In 2000, Joan is arrested and charged with espionage. She is interrogated by two [[Scotland Yard]] detectives, whom she accuses of misunderstanding her life, but she gradually concedes that she had provided information to the Soviets. The [[tabloid press]] vilifies her as a traitor, calling her "Red Joan". Her lawyer son, Nick Stanley, is at first prepared to defend her but disavows her when he learns that she is indeed guilty. Joan eventually convinces him that her only motive was to stop nuclear weapons being used again. He agrees to defend her and stands by her as she faces the tabloid journalists outside her home. |
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==Cast== |
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* [[Ben Miles]] as Attorney Nick Stanley, son of Joan Stanley and Max |
* [[Ben Miles]] as Attorney Nick Stanley, son of Joan Stanley and Max |
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* Freddie Gaminara as William, later Sir William Mitchell |
* Freddie Gaminara as William, later Sir William Mitchell |
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* Raj Swamy as Kharak |
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* Laurence Spellman as Patrick Adams |
* Laurence Spellman as Patrick Adams |
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* [[Stephen Boxer]] as Peter Kierl |
* [[Stephen Boxer]] as Peter Kierl |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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The film stars [[Judi Dench]] and [[Sophie Cookson]], and is directed by [[Trevor Nunn]].<ref name="screendaily.com"/> [[David Parfitt]] is the producer, and the screenplay is by Lindsay Shapero.<ref name="hollywoodreporter.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/judi-denchs-red-joan-sells-internationally-afm-2017-1054587|title=AFM: Judi Dench's 'Red Joan' Biopic Sells Internationally (Exclusive)|author=|date=|website=hollywoodreporter.com|accessdate=9 February 2018}}</ref> |
The film stars [[Judi Dench]] and [[Sophie Cookson]], and is directed by [[Trevor Nunn]].<ref name="screendaily.com"/> [[David Parfitt]] is the producer, and the screenplay is by Lindsay Shapero.<ref name="hollywoodreporter.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/judi-denchs-red-joan-sells-internationally-afm-2017-1054587|title=AFM: Judi Dench's 'Red Joan' Biopic Sells Internationally (Exclusive)|author=|date=3 November 2017|website=hollywoodreporter.com|accessdate=9 February 2018}}</ref> |
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==Release== |
==Release== |
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===Critical response=== |
===Critical response=== |
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On [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of |
On [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}}, based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's critics consensus reads, "A fascinating real-life story dramatized in perplexingly dull fashion, ''Red Joan'' wastes its tale's incredible intrigue – as well as the formidable talents of Judi Dench."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/red_joan|title=''Red Joan'' (2018)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] reports a normalized score of 45 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/red-joan |title=''Red Joan'' Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |accessdate=June 20, 2019}}</ref> A review in ''[[The Guardian]]'' said that the film "can't disguise its mediocrity",<ref>{{cite news|last=Hutchinson|first=Pamela|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/sep/12/red-joan-review-judi-dench|title=Red Joan review – Judi Dench's 'granny spy' brings OAP to the KGB|date=12 September 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref> and that the film "squanders its greatest acting asset".<ref name=":1">{{cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/17/red-joan-review-judi-dench|title=Red Joan review – Judi Dench underused in brittle defector drama|work=The Guardian|date=17 April 2019|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref> A critic in ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' agreed that "Judi Dench is wasted in this absurd portrayal..."<ref>{{cite news|last=Collin|first=Robbie|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/red-joan-review-judi-dench-wasted-absurd-portrayal-ofthe-bolshevik/|title=Red Joan, review: Judi Dench is wasted in this absurd portrayal of the Bolshevik of Bexleyheath|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=<!-- Thursday. -->18 April 2019|access-date=28 April 2019|url-access=subscription}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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The film has a slight resemblance to the life of [[Melita Norwood]], but there are many differences: |
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* Melita studied [[Latin]] and Logic at the [[University of Southampton|University College of Southampton]], and dropped out. The film portrays the fictional Joan as studying [[physics]] at Cambridge University and gaining a [[first class degree]]. |
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* From 1932, Melita worked as a secretary with the [[British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association]], long before the war started. Much of the work done by the BNF during the 1939–45 period was of vital use for the defence industry, and included solving many of the corrosion problems of seawater-cooled systems in ships. No work was ever carried out on active materials for nuclear weapons. As secretary to G.L. Bailey, the Research Superintendent, she had access to the papers prepared at the BNF for presentation to the research committees and some contractors. Some of these she chose to copy to Russian intelligence. This information was made use of by them and did occasionally result in one of their research organisations publishing development work on non-ferrous metals similar to and sooner than the BNF in Britain. Bailey was on an advisory committee to [[Tube Alloys]]. According to [[Jeremy Bernstein]], Bailey was "warned about Norwood’s political associations and was careful not to reveal anything to her."<ref>10 May 2019 "Incredible Untrue Events" [[Jeremy Bernstein]], ''[[London Review of Books]]''</ref> |
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* Towards the end of 1935, she married Hilary Nussbaum who was of Russian descent (he later changed his name to Norwood), a chemistry teacher, and a lifelong Communist. In 1936, Melita Norwood joined the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] (CPGB). The film portrays Joan as being single during the war. |
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* Norwood’s [[NKVD]] espionage career began in the mid-1930s as a member of the [[Woolwich Spy ring]] in London. Three of its members were arrested in January 1938 but Melita Norwood was not then detained. She was thus spying long before the war, not after the use of the bomb at Hiroshima, as the fictional Joan does in the film. |
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* The film suggests that Joan proposes the use of [[centrifuges]] to separate the [[uranium isotopes]]. This technique was actually proposed in 1919 and accomplished by [[Jesse Beams]] in 1934 long before any atomic bomb project. |
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* The fictional cousins Leo and Sonya resemble the German Jewish siblings [[Jürgen Kuczynski]] and [[Ursula Kuczynski]], both of whom were spies for the Soviet Union. Ursula Kuczynski's codename was Sonya, and, like the fictional Sonya Galich, she married [[Len Beurton|an Englishman]] to gain British citizenship. Ursula Kuczynski worked alongside Norwood as a spy from 1943 onward. Jürgen Kuczynski did not die in Britain, but instead went to [[East Germany]] where he became a prominent intellectual supporting the regime. Ursula Kuczynski also fled Britain in 1950 to escape arrest, and like her brother she also settled in East Germany, unlike the fictional Sonya Galich who goes to the Soviet Union. |
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* The defection of the fictional nuclear physicist Peter Kierl to the Soviet Union is similar to that of the real defection of the Italian nuclear physicist [[Bruno Pontecorvo]] to the Soviet Union. Like Kierl, Pontecorvo was a refugee to the United Kingdom who was involved in the wartime Tube Alloys project to build an atomic bomb for Britain that was later merged into the American [[Manhattan Project]], and likewise Pontecorvo defected to the Soviet Union after the war. |
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* Leo obtains a teaching position with the Catholic [[Université de Montréal]] during World War Two. In reality, Catholic educational institutions in [[Quebec]] at the time did not accept [[Jews]] as either students or teachers. |
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* The fictional character of Sir William Mitchell appears to be a composite of two members of the [[Cambridge Five]] spy ring, namely [[Donald Maclean (spy)|Donald Maclean]] (a diplomat who rose to a senior post in the [[British Foreign Office]]) and Sir [[Anthony Blunt]] (awarded a knighthood and being gay). |
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* Sir William's lover, the fictional Kharak (son of an Indian [[Maharaja]] who studied at Cambridge in the 1930s and later becomes a diplomat in [[Washington DC]] with a habit of being constantly drunk on the job) resembles [[Guy Burgess]]. Burgess was another member of the [[Cambridge Five]] spy ring who served as a diplomat in Washington with a habit of drinking on the job and was very open about expressing his homosexuality. |
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* In a glaring anachronism for a scene set in 1945, Sonya refers to the Soviet intelligence as the KGB. The abbreviation for Soviet intelligence from 1934 to 1946 was NKVD (''Naródnyy Komissariát Vnútrennikh Del''-People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs). The abbreviation KGB (''Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti''-Committee for State Security) was only adopted in late 1953. |
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* [[KGB]] archivist [[Vasili Mitrokhin]] defected with some KGB archives in 1992 and named Norwood as a highly important agent. However, some have questioned the validity of evidence from the Mitrokhin archive. |
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Red Joan | |
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Directed by | Trevor Nunn |
Written by | Lindsay Shapero |
Produced by | David Parfitt |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Zac Nicholson |
Edited by | Kristina Hetherington |
Music by | George Fenton |
Production companies |
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Distributed by | Lionsgate |
Release dates |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Land | Vereinigtes Königreich |
Sprache | Englisch |
Box office | $9.8 million[1][2] |
Red Joan is a 2018 British spy drama film, directed by Trevor Nunn, from a screenplay by Lindsay Shapero. The film stars Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes, Ben Miles, Nina Sosanya, Tereza Srbova, and Judi Dench.
The film is based on a novel of the same name written by Jennie Rooney, which was itself inspired by the life of Melita Norwood.[3] Norwood worked at the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association as a secretary and supplied the Soviet Union with nuclear secrets.[4] The information that Norwood betrayed to the Soviets hastened the pace at which they developed nuclear bomb technology.[5]
Red Joan had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2018 and was released on 19 April 2019, by Lionsgate in the United Kingdom.
Plot
[edit]The young Joan Smith studies physics at Cambridge University. Her German Jew friends Sonya and Leo Galich introduce her to socialists and radical politics. Sonya and Leo are cousins, but grew up together and their relationship is more like that of a brother and a sister. Smith falls in love with the intense intellectual Leo.
Joan is recruited to work for the wartime Tube Alloys project to build an atomic bomb for Britain and meets scientist Max. Leo tries to recruit Joan to spy for the Soviet Union, but she rejects him and ends their relationship, accusing him of using her. She falls in love with Max, but he ends their relationship saying he wants Joan as his wife, not his mistress, but his wife will never agree to a divorce. Joan is appalled by the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and is frightened by suggestions that Britain develop its own atomic bombs for possible use against the Soviet Union. She contacts the Galiches to provide information about the British nuclear programme to the Soviet Union.
Joan finds her work increasingly difficult in the Cold War atmosphere of suspicion and paranoia. After she again accuses Leo of using her, he dies, apparently by suicide although murder is later suggested. Sonya flees Britain. Joan learns that Sonya's child was Leo's, adding to her sense of betrayal, and she returns to Max. After the Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb in 1949, Max is arrested and charged with espionage for the Soviets. Joan visits Max in prison where he tells her his wife has agreed to a divorce. Joan confesses to Max that she provided the intelligence that led to him being charged. He forgives her. Joan obtains Max's release by blackmailing Sir William Mitchell, a high-ranking diplomat and Soviet spy.
In 2000, Joan is arrested and charged with espionage. She is interrogated by two Scotland Yard detectives, whom she accuses of misunderstanding her life, but she gradually concedes that she had provided information to the Soviets. The tabloid press vilifies her as a traitor, calling her "Red Joan". Her lawyer son, Nick Stanley, is at first prepared to defend her but disavows her when he learns that she is indeed guilty. Joan eventually convinces him that her only motive was to stop nuclear weapons being used again. He agrees to defend her and stands by her as she faces the tabloid journalists outside her home.
Cast
[edit]- Judi Dench as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
- Sophie Cookson as young Joan Smith
- Nina Sosanya as Ms Hart
- Tom Hughes as Leo Galich
- Tereza Srbova as Sonya
- Stephen Campbell Moore as Professor Max Davis (alias as M. Stanley)
- Ben Miles as Attorney Nick Stanley, son of Joan Stanley and Max
- Freddie Gaminara as William, later Sir William Mitchell
- Raj Swamy as Kharak
- Laurence Spellman as Patrick Adams
- Stephen Boxer as Peter Kierl
- Robin Soans as Clement Attlee
- Kevin Fuller as Detective Philips
- Simon Ludders as Ship's Captain
- Ciarán Owens as Detective Hughes
- Irfan Shamji as Journalist
- Adrian Wheeler as Heckler at Rally
- Steven Hillman as Prison Guard
- James Yeates as Reporter
- Connor Wolf as Student
- Phill Langhorne as Uniformed Officer
Production
[edit]The film stars Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson, and is directed by Trevor Nunn.[3] David Parfitt is the producer, and the screenplay is by Lindsay Shapero.[6]
Release
[edit]The film had its world première at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2018.[7] Shortly after, IFC Films acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film.[8] It was released in the United States and in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2019.[9][10]
Box office
[edit]Red Joan grossed $1.6 million in the United States and Canada and $8.2 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $9.8 million.[1][2]
Critical response
[edit]On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 30%, based on 151 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "A fascinating real-life story dramatized in perplexingly dull fashion, Red Joan wastes its tale's incredible intrigue – as well as the formidable talents of Judi Dench."[11] Metacritic reports a normalized score of 45 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[12] A review in The Guardian said that the film "can't disguise its mediocrity",[13] and that the film "squanders its greatest acting asset".[14] A critic in The Telegraph agreed that "Judi Dench is wasted in this absurd portrayal..."[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Red Joan (2018)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Red Joan (2018)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ a b Grater, Tom (7 September 2017). "Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson to star in Trevor Nunn's 'Red Joan' (exclusive)". Screendaily. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "'Red Joan' explores real-life spy's recruitment, life and dilemma". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ LaSalle, Mick (22 April 2019). "Review: Judi Dench shows range in 'Red Joan,' portraying a complete idiot". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "AFM: Judi Dench's 'Red Joan' Biopic Sells Internationally (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Toronto: Timothee Chalamet Starrer 'Beautiful Boy,' Dan Fogelman's 'Life Itself' Among Festival Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (14 September 2018). "Judi Dench's Spy Thriller 'Red Joan' Lands at IFC Films (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Billington, Alex (16 January 2019). "Sophie Cookson & Judi Dench in First Trailer for Spy Drama 'Red Joan'". FirstShowing.net. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Red Joan". IFC Films. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Red Joan (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Red Joan Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ Hutchinson, Pamela (12 September 2018). "Red Joan review – Judi Dench's 'granny spy' brings OAP to the KGB". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (17 April 2019). "Red Joan review – Judi Dench underused in brittle defector drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ Collin, Robbie (18 April 2019). "Red Joan, review: Judi Dench is wasted in this absurd portrayal of the Bolshevik of Bexleyheath". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
External links
[edit]- 2018 films
- British spy drama films
- Drama films based on actual events
- Films based on British novels
- Films directed by Trevor Nunn
- Films produced by David Parfitt
- Films scored by George Fenton
- Lionsgate films
- IFC Films films
- Films set in 1938
- Films set in 2000
- 2010s spy drama films
- 2018 drama films
- 2010s English-language films
- 2010s British films
- English-language spy drama films
- Films set in the University of Cambridge