‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ review: Authoritarianism by numbers, thinly

‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ review: Authoritarianism by numbers, thinly

Frenchman Olivier Assayas’ canvas is either highly personal (“Suspended Time”) or deliriously global (“Carlos”). He can be hard to pin down as a filmmaker, except when the material does the restraining for him, as the intermittently arresting but overplayed piece of political theater “The Wizard of the Kremlin” proves. Operating off the same-named novel by … Read more