The Artist's Wife review – incomplete portrait of a dysfunctional marriage | Movies
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, brill...
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