Film & Television
John Maguire on film: Anatomy of a grown-up whodunnit
Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall reminds us we can never really know what is going on in another person’s head
Anatomy of a Fall
Directed by: Justine Triet
Nationwide, 15A
Rating: ****
There was a flutter of shock at this year’s Cannes festival when Justine Triet’s psychological drama Anatomy of a Fall triumphed over the more-fancied Zone of Interest to take the Palme d’Or. While we must wait until February to see Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama, there’s enough bracing complexity in this masterful probing of a woman accused of murder to keep audiences gripped in ...