The iconic actor and writer-director Mark Anthony Green discuss the thriller and who inspired Malkovich's maleficent Moretti, a man who puts the cult in pop culture.

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. John Malkovich has played all manner of unlikely roles — a US Army general, a cruise ship captain, a Russian gambler — but more often than not,

Alfred Moretti was the most dominant pop star of the ‘90s, a reclusive, technopop legend that reached David Bowie-level fame and created a cult-like following. But that was then. Now Moretti (John Malkovich),