'Broken English' Review: Marianne Faithfull Gets a Dark, Complicated Documentary

Marianne Faithfull had a singular career in music, so she deserves a singular documentary. But "Broken English," the doc about Faithfull that premiered on Saturday at the Venice Film Festival, is so singular that it's likely to be wildly divisive. It certainly was at a Venice press screening late Friday night, which saw a steady stream of walkouts during the film but robust applause from the viewers who stuck around. Disruptive and distracting, charming and challenging, the film by Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth uses a fictional framework to tell a true story, even as it questions the . . .