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Sep 18, 2014 · By Tim Masters. Arts and entertainment correspondent, BBC News. Based on Laura Wade's hit stage play Posh, The Riot Club tells the story of 10 Oxford students who gather at a country pub for a ...
Sep 19, 2014 · Apparently a new character for the film, her story doesn’t get too much of the focus, but she’s an excellent counterpoint to what else is going on. The film builds towards its biggest culture ...
May 22, 2021 · Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp EmailScherfig balances An Education’s idealisation of Oxford University with this saga of undergraduate decadence and debauchery. The first act, particularly the prologue, verges into seemingly unintentional self-parody, but the talented young actors (two of whom appeared in last week’s Pride) make the languid opening deserving of perseverance. Despite ...
The film, on the other hand, isn't too bad. It's a cross between Brideshead Revisited and Lord of the Flies, sadly with none of their subtlety, but it romps along. In the opening scene, we see The Riot Club's 18th century founder, the 7th Duke of Carlisle, shagging someone's wife. 'He who lives by the sword,' says the narrator - fnarr fnarr ...
Aug 22, 2023 · The Riot Club stars Max Irons, Holliday Grainger, Jessica Brown Findlay, Natalie Dormer, Sam Claflin, and Douglas Booth. Premise: Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening. Review: The riot…
The Riot Club. The Riot Club is a 2014 British thriller drama film directed by Lone Scherfig and written by Laura Wade, based on Wade's 2010 play Posh. [2] The film stars Sam Claflin, Max Irons and Douglas Booth. [3] It is set among the Riot Club, a fictional all-male, exclusive dining club at the University of Oxford.
