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The Wizard of the Kremlin is a 2026 drama film, directed by Olivier Assayas, starring Paul Dano, Jude Law and Alicia Vikander.
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- posts span Jan 10, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
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60 of 120 · most liked firstTHE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN is an odd but interesting and illuminating movie, with Jude Law doing a very good Putin. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/m...
positive · AI labelView post →Trailer for the Jude Law Putin movie dropped. "The Wizard of the Kremlin." Looks like Paul Dano's character is the lead. The dialogue seems a bit on the nose. youtu.be/1r4YnQ85n7Q?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Jude Law has been cast as Vladimir Putin in Olivier Assayas’s upcoming film ‘THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN’. 🎬 (Source: @deadline)
neutral · AI labelView post →Today at The Reveal: You can read me on IS GOD IS and OBSESSION while @scotttobias.bsky.social reviews what sounds like the worst Harry Potter film yet: THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN.
neutral · AI labelView post →DISGUSTING NEWS: Jude Law will play Putin in the film “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” reports Deadline. His role is a supporting one, showing the dictator early in his political career.
neutral · AI labelView post →Jude Law will play Putin in the film "The Wizard of the Kremlin" 🤮
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wizard of the Kremlin: The new film about how Putin's Russia was born.
neutral · AI labelView post →Olivier Assayas's THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN, in which Jude Law somehow plays Vladimir Putin, has been getting not-great reviews, but I loved it at Venice last year and I love it still. www.vulture.com/article/revi...
positive · AI labelView post →THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN 📽️ is out in a few weeks and I don't know which performance is better: Paul Dano as a slippery genius or Jude Law as Vladimir Putin (a piece of casting so crazy it just did work) movieswetextedabout.com/the-wizard-o...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wizard of the Kremlin: The new film about how Putin's Russia was born.
neutral · AI labelView post →Alicia Vikander and Jude Law won the #VeniceFilmFestival photo call for #TheWizardoftheKremlin. Their co-stars all came in second (click for more) tomandlorenzo.com/2025/09/veni...
neutral · AI labelView post →2/3 the presence of Russian funding behind the production. A notable example is Oliver Assayas' film The Wizard of the Kremlin, starring Jude Law and Paul Dano, which was filmed in Riga and sponsored through a shell company linked to the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, with direct connections to Putin.
neutral · AI labelView post →Jude Law debuts portrayal of Vladimir Putin in ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ at Venice Film Festival
neutral · AI labelView post →The first on-set photos of English actor Jude Law in his portrayal of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Olivier Assayas’ “The Wizard of the Kremlin” were released this week. Here is everything we know about the film so far:
neutral · AI labelView post →Jude Law confirmed he'll be playing Vladimir Putin in upcoming Olivier Assayas film The Wizard Of The Kremlin. Casting news announced that Jude Law would be appearing in Olivier Assayas’ upcoming film The Wizard Of The Kremlin, an adaptation of Giuliano da Empoli’s 2022 novel of the same name.
neutral · AI labelView post →THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN may be one of the best films about modern Russian politics and the perils of grey men. Paul Dano's soothing monotone speaks to the normalizing of horrors. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/film...
positive · AI labelView post →Tarantino dragged Paul Dano’s acting in There Will Be Blood, calling him “weak, weak, uninteresting” and saying the film would rank higher for him if not for Dano. And critics are saying the same thing about Dano in The Wizard of the Kremlin.
neutral · AI labelView post →The poster for Olivier Assayas' The Wizard of the Kremlin, opening May 15. Explore our summer movie preview: thefilmstage.com/40-films-to-...
neutral · AI labelView post →"I don’t know what the film is until I’ve screened it, until it has been seen by a full house with the worst or the best possible audience." Olivier Assayas talks with Nick Newman about Suspended Time and The Wizard of the Kremlin: thefilmstage.com/olivier-assa...
neutral · AI labelView post →Paul Dano is one of my favorite actors, so I was very excited to speak with him about The Wizard of the Kremlin. Just as nice and thoughtful as you'd hope! www.comingsoon.net/movies/featu...
neutral · AI labelView post →The 52-year-old actor revealed that he will play Russian President Vladimir Putin in an upcoming film titled 'The Wizard of the Kremlin.'
neutral · AI labelView post →@pkeough1.bsky.social on "The Wizard of the Kremlin": A stylish but troubling portrait that soft-pedals power, propaganda, and Vladimir Putin. artsfuse.org/328923/film-...?
negative · AI labelView post →Jude Law is impressive as Vladimir Putin in Olivier Assayas' The Wizard of the Kremlin, elevating a rather toothless historical thriller. Read @savinapetkova.bsky.social's review as the film opens in theaters:
neutral · AI labelView post →Director Olivier Assayas breaks down the ideas behind The Wizard of the Kremlin—a film about how power is really built. Not through spectacle… but through strategy, narrative, and control. The film explores how an authoritarian regime takes shape— youtube.com/shorts/EVM9I...
neutral · AI labelView post →Filmmaker Olivier Assayas introduces The Wizard of the Kremlin—a film exploring the forces behind political influence, image-making, and the construction of modern power. With Jude Law transforming into Vladimir Putin. #theWizardOfTheKremlin boxd.it/NhhA
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw The Wizard of the Kremlin tonight at a mystery showing and it was absolutely the worst movie I've seen so far this year. letterboxd.com/cesiousblue/...
negative · AI labelView post →Exclusively in cinemas from 17 April, watch the new trailer for 'The Wizard of The Kremlin', A new film by Olivier Assayas.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ugh, trailer for "The Wizard of the Kremlin". Jude Law with a terrible toupee: "EYE WANT PAWA!" Comic book villain nonsense. These are much more banal people, they don't want PAWA, they want super-yachts with sex slaves, and do not prance around doing the Bolshoi Theatre ballet of the double jeu.
negative · AI labelView post →Toronto International Film Festival Jude Law Confirms He's Playing Vladimir Putin in 'The Wizard of the Kremlin' Reunited On-Screen With Alicia Vikander TIFF SCREENING DATES via~~> tiff.net/films/the-wi...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you get the chance, find and watch the movie "The Wizard of the Kremlin". I don't know how much of it is true, but it damn sure relates to what is happening in the United States and the directions trump is taking. Very interesting movie.
positive · AI labelView post →I have no idea if it’s a good film or not, but every still I see from “The Wizard of the Kremlin” has an a creepy uncanny valley feel - like it’s acted by wax museum renditions of Paul Dano and Jude Law.
neutral · AI labelView post →A new episode of the Movie Squad Podcast where myself and Simon Miraudo talk cinema with RTRFM Breakfast host Pam Boland. We cover THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN and THE LAST VIKING. Listen on the RTR website or your favourite podcasting app! rtrfm.com.au/podcasts/mov...
neutral · AI labelView post →THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN is the second movie, after THE GOLDFINCH, starring Jeffrey Wright that wastes his talents entirely, and is so boring that I nearly walked out on it. Not what I expected to say of an Assayas-directed film with Jude Law playing Putin. boxd.it/ersqql
negative · AI labelView post →Here is a review of the recent film "The Wizard of the Kremlin." I posted a few thoughts about this film recently, but here is a review in Boston's online art magazine The Arts Fuse. artsfuse.org/328923/film-...
neutral · AI labelView post →@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →There are so many missed opportunities, poor pacing, and laughable performances that make The Wizard of the Kremlin a forgettable viewing experience that Putin wouldn’t even bat an eye at. #PaulDano #JudeLaw #moviereview www.ypareviews.com/blog/2026/5/...
negative · AI labelView post →“The whistlestop tour of modern Russian history offered by The Wizard of the Kremlin is broad and sporadic, lapsing into piecemeal.” THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN review ✍️ @cynicalfilm.bsky.social 🍿 in cinemas now headstuff.org/entertainmen...
neutral · AI labelView post →THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN (2025) - Official Trailer In Theaters: May 15, 2026 Studio: Vertical Entertainment #TheWizardOfTheKremlin whentostream.com/olivier-assa...
neutral · AI labelView post →Continuing w/ my intermittent movie reviews. The Wizard of the Kremlin is watchable although way too long, and the worst part: one has no idea what the purpose of the movie is. Is it to show how a young artist can morph into a cynical servant to power?
neutral · AI labelView post →A young political advisor rises to power after attaching himself to Vladimir Putin in The Wizard Of The Kremlin www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-w... #GFF26 #filmsky 🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →Anybody up at #GFF this year and checking out The Wizard of the Kremlin! The one time I don't attend for work and it might be the only chance to see this goddamn film.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wizard of the Kremlin (2025) ⭐️5.8 | Drama, History, Thriller | 2h 32m www.imdb.com/title/tt3238... France release date film 🎥 The Wizard of the Kremlin (French title: Le Mage du Kremlin) is January 21 Director: Olivier Assayas - Main Cast: Jude Law, Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander, and Tom Sturrid
neutral · AI labelView post →apnews.com/article/veni... Law debuts portrayal of Vladimir Putin in 'The Wizard of the Kremlin' at Venice Film Festival
neutral · AI labelView post →English actor Jude Law has confirmed he’s set to play Vladimir Putin in Olivier Assayas’ upcoming movie, The Wizard of the Kremlin.
neutral · AI labelView post →What’s really bizarre is that they’re apparently more scared of him than they are of Putin and his orcs. I bought Le mage du Kremlin for kindle, and Amazon now sells The Wizard of the Kremlin in English, a movie I rented on Apple, and that’s now streaming on Disney. I have many questions…
neutral · AI labelView post →Disney+ movie time. The Wizard of the Kremlin R 2025 ‧ Political thriller/Fiction ‧ 2h 36m www.imdb.com/title/tt3238...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wizard of the Kremlin should've been one of my favourite films of the year instead its one of the worst, a dull episodic slog about a fascinating figure that feels sidelined when they should've been the core focus simwmovies.blogspot.com/2026/07/film...
negative · AI labelView post →Our review of The Wizard of the Kremlin, in cinemas 23 July. thescoop.au/film-review-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched two great movies tonight with oldest son: The Wizard of the Kremlin and Pressure. 17yr old and I both thought each leading actor/supporting actor gave Oscar winning performances in each movie.
positive · AI labelView post →it's not a great movie or acting, but The Wizard of the Kremlin gives some insight as to where trump got his idea of fake gold 'decor'? Also how to become a dictator - Putin is his mentor... Plus Ukraine gets a mention.
neutral · AI labelView post →THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN director Olivier Assayas stresses that he wasn’t making a film about Vladimir Putin, but how the scary and baffling transformation of modern politics took hold of Russia. THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN is now playing in theatres. #Rogerstv bit.ly/4deBsiE
neutral · AI labelView post →Film break! The dark, intense new film “The Wizard of the Kremlin” explores the creation of the Vladimir Putin mythos in a tough, cynical political drama. It's very good. Here's my review… planetdave.com/2026/05/film... #film #movies #russia #history
positive · AI labelView post →Cinema Playground Journal is basking in that afterglow of the possibility that I've just seen what could be my favorite movie of the year. Witness as I obsess over Obsession. Also, a look at In the Grey and The Wizard of the Kremlin mst3krifftrax.blogspot.com/2026/05/cine...
neutral · AI labelView post →#film #cinema #Putin ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ Review: The New Rasputin www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/m...
neutral · AI labelView post →If anyone has views about Vladislav Surkov, please reply. He was Putin's éminence grise. He is depicted as Putin's advisor Vladislav Baranov in the new film "The Wizard of the Kremlin." Read about Surkov BEFORE seeing the film or you won't have the political context to understand the film.
neutral · AI labelView post →While it may seem as if the likes of Paul Dano as Vadim Baranov and Jude Law as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would be an oddly distractive misstep, the real issue is just how dull the proceedings are #TheWizardoftheKremlin www.flickeringmyth.com/movie-review...
negative · AI labelView post →Olivier Assayas crammed enough into THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN to justify a limited series, making the film feel overly dense and not fleshed out in some areas. But Paul Dano is excellent, and the material is engrossing. It opens today. www.deepfocusreview.com/reviews/the-... #MovieSky #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The Wizard Of The Kremlin’ Review – While The Performances Are Great, The Story – Nyet! geekvibesnation.com/the-wizard-o...
neutral · AI labelView post →“The Wizard of the Kremlin” (“Le mage du Kremlin”) (France/USA) Web (www.gaumont.com/en/movie/the...) Trailer (youtu.be/U7ctYp3zQVA) Review (brentmarchant.com/quick-cuts/t...) Letterboxd (3/5), Imdb (6/10), TMDB (6/10) #BrentMarchant #TheWizardoftheKremlin #PaulDano #JudeLaw #VladimirPutin
neutral · AI labelView post →New movies in Memphis, 5/15: OBSESSION (horror - see story here: bit.ly/3PlOB05); THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN (political satire by Olivier Assayas, Ridgeway only) 1/4
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