Timothy Spall is the perfect choice to play Albert Pierrepoint, the British hangman who executed some 450 people from 1932 to 1955—one look at Spall’s lopsided glare and you’d probably jump through ...

Morbid Goths and reserved Anglophiles can at last find some common ground, as both groups are likely to be fascinated by Adrian Shergold's Pierrepoint—The Last Hangman. Much like Vera Drake, directed ...

Pierrepoint is a fascinating portrait of a man who felt called to fulfill his destiny as an executioner, like his father and his father's father before him, weaving two braids of experience - one ...

Timothy Spall on Pierrepoint, Britain 's most famous hangman. Oscar nominated Amy Adams. Dolly Parton works 9 to 5. Plus Julian Fellowes on cinematic adultery. On The Film Programme this week: Timothy ...

Albert's (right) friendship with Tish (left) comes to a sorry end Actor Timothy Spall has had his fair share of downtrodden roles, but his latest in Adrian Shergold's Pierrepoint has a darker twist.

Disons-le d’emblée : filmer l’histoire d’un bourreau, ce n’est pas le sujet le plus charmant en ville. Mais à travers la vie du plus célèbre bourreau britannique, il y a toute une réflexion sur la ...

'She's about as far away from me as it is possible to be,' says Juliet Stevenson, the finest classical actress of her generation, about her latest role as the wife of the prolific British hangman in ...

Pierrepoint (opening June 8 at Landmarks Hillcrest Cinemas) bears the subtitle The Last Hangman. Apparently that's not entirely accurate but the film proves to be a fascinating portrait of a man whose ...

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New movies in theaters this week include the sci-fi horror film Backrooms, The Breadwinner, the feature film debut from comedian Nate Bargatze, and much more. Hugh Jackman’s divorce from Deborra-Lee ...