Review of The Burnt Orange Heresy

When James Figueras tells Miss Hollis that artists in medieval times depicted flies on those who were cursed, you knew this could be a turn-of-phrase on "Lord of the Flies" which James turns out to be by film's end, because he's revealed by Miss Hollis to have a reputation, a life, built upon lies, deceit, and fraud, a revelation which costs her life, maybe a little too conveniently since our leading man now turns out to be a casual murderer, hmm, points off for plausibility. Anyway it's a passable affair, a storyline/plot you more expect from watching an old "Columbo" or "Murder She Wrote" episode. I stumbled upon this when researching other performances of Elizabeth Debicki who seems to be everywhere these days with starring roles in "Tenet", "Valerian...", and "Guardians of the Galaxy 2". And she's in a darkened love scene, so a bonus if you're a fan. I enjoyed Claes Bang in "Dracula" so it was fun to see him in this, too, and Mick Jagger in his first film appearance in almost 20 years! He relished his role as art dealer Joseph Cassidy which was fun to watch too.