In 1961, a man snuck into London’s National Gallery and stole Francisco Goya’s painting of the Duke of Wellington. Kempton Bunton, a retired bus driver from Newcastle, returned the painting several ...

If you’re gonna face a jury for a crime you’ve already confessed to — and even explained how you did it — you’d better have something going for you besides a “not guilty” plea. The real-life character ...

While “The Duke” is definitely a British heist film inspired by real events, it is also a look at a classic English eccentric, a portrait of a marriage that endured despite tragedy and a reminder that ...

In the early morning hours of August 21, 1961, Francisco de Goya’s painting “Portrait of the Duke of Wellington” was stolen from the National Gallery in London. The Crown had recently purchased the ...

As it turns out, “The Duke,” the penultimate effort from the late South Africa-born director Roger Michell (“Notting Hill”), who died last year, turns out to be one of his very best. Based on a true ...

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — “The Duke,” a comedy about an audacious real-life art heist, is the next screening in the Movies With Spirit series on April 26 at 7 p.m. the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, 6436 ...

The Duke hits U.K. theaters on Feb. 25, 2022. Every good caper starts with an eccentric oddball, and The Duke is no different. Meet Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent), a 57-year-old cab driver who, in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a gnarly 60-year-old taxi driver and backstreet ...

Jim Broadbent as Kempton Bunton, Helen Mirren as Dorothy Bunton in THE DUKE. Photo by Mike Eley, BSC. Courtesy of Pathe UK. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. In this delightful, true story-based, ...