GRADE: 9
An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner’s life.
Director: Mike Leigh
Country: UK | France | Germany | USA
THOUGHTS:
Fascinating, exquisitely detailed account of the last years of Turner’s life. An extraordinarily humane and rounded portrait of brilliant artist and flawed but vulnerable human being. Timothy Spall is outstanding: arrogant, gentle, grotesque, and loving all at once.