Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story

Aroview: Consistently droll and detailed dramatisation of the success of a real-life conman Alan Conway - played here with chameleon-like relish and flamboyance by John Malkovich - in impersonating cinema legend Stanley Kubrick in 1990s London and defrauding strangers of thousands of pounds.

Using the director's infamous reclusiveness as a ticket into browbeating his victims, Malkovich demonstrates a thousand and one ways of playing on human credulity and foibles, as many ordinary souls trip over themselves to have a chance to 'help out' the famous man. Written by longtime Kubrick researcher Anthony Frewin (who gathered a massive file on Conway over the years) and directed by another of Stanley's alumni, this shrewdly and expertly tells its curious tale and should provide ample chuckles, even for those not particularly interested in film history.