The Dig review: An absorbing war over ancient history in 1930s England
Red Dragon, The Duchess, the Harry Potter films), but then again Ralph can do just about anything — he doesn’t get offered many comic roles, but his histrionic mob boss was by far the best thing in Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges, and he should have won an Oscar for his delightful turn in Grand Budapest Hotel. He may be the greatest British actor of his generation, and his exceptional range also extends to the humble, as he proves in Simon Stone’s absorbing fact-based drama The Dig. It’s set in 1939 where, as storm clouds gather in the Channel, one Suffolk man has his head buried fi...