Two breakout stars have emerged in this month’s horror release, A Quiet Place: Day One. Alfie in Argylle was played by director Matthew Vaughn’s daughter’s pet cat Chip, and had to have his performance enhanced by CGI. Vaughn, a confessed dog person, replaced it with his daughter’s pet cat, Chip, who was somewhat easier to work with but still had …
Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley gripped readers around …
In June 1952 – two years before she started to write The Talented Mr Ripley – Patricia Highsmith had a dream about killing someone. open image in gallery Andrew Scott stars as the titular character in Netflix’s ‘Ripley’ She said she was “born under a sickly star” – her mother, Mary, tried to abort her by drinking turpentine, and she …
Nine of the best TV shows to watch this April Amazon Prime Video From hotly-anticipated videogame adaptation Fallout to a new take on The Talented Mr Ripley and major series starring Oscar-winner Robert Downey Jr and nominee Lily Gladstone Netflix 1. "Playing Nina was probably the most liberating thing that has ever happened in my entire life," she told Glasgow's …
Kate Winslet and Ewan McGregor are among the stars set to grace our screens THE REGIME DOWNFALL OF A DICTATOR Sky Atlantic, 8 April Kate Winslet lends her star power to this comic political satire about the unravelling of a fictional authoritarian regime in central Europe. A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER YOUNG ADULT MYSTERY BBC3, coming soon Emma Myers …
Any kind of person can murder. Purely circumstances and not a thing to do with temperament!” This famous line in Patricia Highsmith’s 1950 novel Strangers on a Train goes a long way to explaining the author’s enduring appeal. Take the scene in Anthony Minghella’s 1999 adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley in which Tom Ripley, Highsmith's most famous fictional creation, …