Olivier Assayas on Charting Vladimir Putin’s Rise to Power in ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’: The Film Shows the ‘Inner Workings’ of ‘Political Evil’ (EXCLUSIVE)

French director Olivier Assayas is no stranger to difficult men.   In the past, he’s tackled controversial characters embroiled in high-stake political schemes, such as the  Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (“Carlos”) and the espionage ring known as the Cuban Five (“WASP Network”). Yet, in “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” his timely English language feature debut, the […]