Rachel Weisz becomes obsessed with a charming Leo Woodall in a dangerously sexy midlife crisis drama, while Guy Ritchie takes on Arthur Conan Doyle Rachel Weisz’s literature professor M is struggling with middle age and worried she may never be “the cause of a spontaneous erection” ever again. Worse still, her academic husband John (John Slattery) is not only still taking advantage of their marriage’s open status but losing his tenure as a result. Into this chaos comes Vladimir (Leo Woodall), a charming, married professor. Through him, M sees her past – sexy, young, sadly irretrievable – and she becomes dangerously obsessed. Vladimir is adapted from a novel by Julia May Jonas and its literary roots are obvious: fourth wall-breaking and fantasy sequences explore M’s internality. But it is a witty deconstruction of a midlife crisis. Netflix, from Thursday 4 March Continue reading...