The Wizard Of Lies
Sky Atlantic & NOW TV, Thursday 1 June, 9pm
Remember when TV movies were poor relations to cinema features? Those days are long gone, as The
Wizard Of Lies again reminds us. Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Hank Azaria star in this HBO drama about the man behind one of the biggest cases of financial fraud in US history. Bernie Madoff (De Niro) is a stockbroker who cons a whole load of people out of a fortune. When the law catches up with him, his partner Ruth (Pfeiffer) is horrified to share the media spotlight, due to having unwittingly participated in his shady behaviour. A classy and fascinating look at a notorious hate figure.