Films you've seen lately

[hmvman]

... yes, same here : we went on Saturday and loved it. Beautifully photographed too (gorgeous frocks for the curia) - they must have had such fun constructing 'their' (quite believable) Sistine Chapel, and the choreography of the cardinals (loved the white umbrellas... ). An oscar for Ralph Fiennes, please

Went to see Conclave this afternoon an agree with your comments on all counts. It's a very dark film - in luminance terms.

[Master Jacques]

Does anyone know Bernard Hermann's opera ? I wondered if he had appreciated this aspect of the novel.

I don't think he did. It's a filmic, neo-romantic splurge with precisely one tune, thin characterisation and risible action. A dud, in a word.

[smittims]

Yes, that's what the Gramophone said. A pity, as he had high hopes . I enjoyed his score for The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Rather more than I enjoyed Gregory Peck's acting, which disappointed me after hs superb performances in Twelve o'clock High and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.