It’s unusual for a Western film to present spies for Fidel Castro as the heroes. And that novelty, alas, is one of the few selling points of “Wasp Network,” a surprising disappointment from Olivier ...

Since the communist regime of Cuba from 1959 on, many Cubans fled to Miami where militants fought for a free cuba. Rene Gonzalez (Ramirez) steals plane and defects to Miami. He was a U.S. citizen born ...

After making the late-2019 festival circuit, Wasp Network was snatched up by Netflix, which possibly thought the film would be best watched at home so viewers can press pause and consult Wikipedia for ...

Also starring Edgar Ramírez, Assayas' Cuban spy epic first bowed during last year's fall festival circuit, and it comes to Netflix June 19. This espionage thriller is based on the book “The Last ...

Wasp Network attempts to make sense of the anti-Castro groups stationed in Miami during the late 90s. Poised at the other side of the Florida straits, they coordinated terrorist attacks on the Cuban ...

Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, whose last film “Leto” competed at Cannes in 2018, is teaming with “Wasp Network” producer Charles Gillibert to adapt the best-selling French novel “The ...

A prominent Cuban exile and anti-Castro activist has sued Netflix for defamation, claiming the 2020 film “The Wasp Network” – marketed heavily as being “based on a true story” – defamed him and his ...

Despite a great subject, a superb cast and muscular imagery, Olivier Assayas’ Cuban spy thriller seems cut down from a longer mini-series, leaving viewers feeling shortchanged. It’s hard to think of ...

“Wasp Network,” a Cuban political thriller starring Penelope Cruz and Edgar Ramirez, will debut on Netflix next month. The film, written and directed by Olivier Assayas, drops on the streaming service ...