A tale of late marital life with a twist

Pryce is undeniably charismatic and entertainingly conceited, but 'The Wife' belongs to Close. She is as subtle and controlled here as she has ever been

Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce in The Wife

Cinema

The Wife: Directed by Björn Runge, Nationwide, 15A,Rating:****

The Meeting: Directed by Alan Gilsenan, Nationwide, 15A,Rating:****

‘To quote from Meditations on Quixote”, novelist Joe Castleman pronounces grandly while holding a glass of champagne aloft to a packed room, “I am I plus my surroundings, and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.” Castleman has just won the Nobel Prize for Literature after a long, illustrious career. He ...