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Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem movie Bunker celebrated at Venice Film Festival

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Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem film receives staggering 15-minute ovation at Venice Film Festival

The real-life couple play a married pair in director Florian Zeller’s psychological thriller ‘Bunker’

The Independent UK

Bunker review – Cruz and Bardem just can’t dig Florian Zeller’s shallow thriller out of a hole

An architect (Javier Bardem) alienates his book editor wife (Penélope Cruz) when he agrees to build a luxurious bunker for a tech billionaire

The Guardian - UK

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Four-hour Elon Musk documentary premieres at Venice Film Festival

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The Independent UK

Elon Musk documentary and new films from Penélope Cruz and Casey Affleck premiere in Venice

The Venice Film Festival is showcasing several high-profile films Tuesday, including Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary, a thriller with Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and a drama from Casey Affleck

The Independent UK

Venice Film Festival backs auteurs: Herzog, Kore-eda, McDonagh and Moretti's return

The Venice Film Festival unveils the line-up for its 83rd edition: five Italian films in competition, Nanni Moretti returns, top directors and a galaxy of stars on the red carpet

Euronews

The Truth at Apollo Theatre review: Manic Mangan excels in this polished French infidelity comedy

4/5 Stephen Mangan is the tachycardic heart of The Truth. A sleek, satisfying production, and a proper West End night out

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The Truth review – Florian Zeller’s knotty comedy of deceit is a real delight

Stephen Mangan, Sarah Hadland, Ardal O’Hanlon and Janie Dee are seat-shakingly funny in this study of adultery

The Guardian - UK

Patrick Schwarzenegger joins Bunker cast alongside Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz

Patrick Schwarzenegger has joined the cast of movie Bunker alongside married couple and Hollywood stars Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz.

BANG Premier

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem to make Bunker together

Real-life married couple Penelop Cruz and Javier Bardem will star together in 'Bunker'.

BANG Premier

Close movie review: touching, topical and devastating

As a portrait of teen fear and self-loathing, Close trumps Florian Zeller’s The Son

Evening Standard

'The Son' by Florian Zeller: Laura Dern & Hugh Jackman star as parents of depressed teen

In this edition we focus on a film about what some experts say is the next global pandemic: mental health. "The Son" stars Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern as the divorced parents of a teenage boy struggling with depression. It's the second time French writer-director Florian Zeller has adapted one…

France 24

The Son review – Hugh Jackman excels in solid yet inferior follow-up to The Father

Jackman plays a parent knocked off kilter by his son’s depression in Florian Zeller’s second feature, which is no match for the complexity of The Father

The Guardian - UK

The Son review: Hugh Jackman drama is ugly, ridiculous and inexplicably terrible

Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby and Anthony Hopkins co-star in Florian Zeller’s baffling follow-up to the Oscar-winning ‘The Father’

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The Son movie review: fails to follow in the footsteps of The Father despite Hugh Jackman’s best efforts

While a few sequences are sublime the film does not live up to writer-director Florian Zeller’s previous work

Evening Standard

Our pick of the 50 best plays of the 21st century

The last two decades have been full of extraordinary theatre – it’s a thrilling indication of what’s ahead of us when doors reopen

Tribune News Service

Review: 'The Son' is so bad you almost can't believe it

With all the market research and focus groups that drive the movie world, it's rare for something as poorly conceived as "The Son" to make it through the cracks.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The Son’: Tone-deaf follow-up to ‘The Father’ has none of its originality

Star Hugh Jackman can’t overcome an emotionally manipulative screenplay and an amateurish young co-star.

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Movie review: Florian Zeller's 'The Son' falls short of lofty heights of 'The Father'

"The Son" is not an easy watch.

Los Angeles Times

With pandemic and streaming boom, mental health support is coming to some film sets

LOS ANGELES — In summer 2021, when producer Joanna Laurie was planning production of "The Son," an upcoming drama from Oscar-winning writer and director Florian Zeller, she knew stress levels would be exponentially high for cast and crew. They had to contend with strict COVID-19 safety protocols and the movie's…

Los Angeles Times

From idea to ‘Action!’: Jordan Peele, Rian Johnson, others reveal personal visions

LOS ANGELES — Nothing gets a group of directors energized quite like talking about a fruitful collaboration, whether with a stunt coordinator or an actor or cinematographer — even if it means making them fearful.

The New Daily

‘We all need a village’: Hugh Jackman talks therapy after childhood trauma and his latest film

Australian actor and Broadway star Hugh Jackman has revealed he underwent therapy to help him deal with childhood trauma.

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Hopkins on film stardom at 84: ‘He said, Oh my God. You’re really strange!’

From Hannibal Lecter to Nixon, Anthony Hopkins has long been one of cinema’s most singular stars. He recalls winding up Brad Pitt, working with Bob Hoskins and weirding out Jonathan Demme

Evening Standard

And the Oscars go to... why Steven Spielberg and Cate Blanchett are among the frontrunners for awards in 2023

As awards season starts, our expert reveals what the recent film festivals in Venice, Telluride and Toronto tell us about the front runners for next year’s big film prizes in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Hugh Jackman eyes the end of the 'The Music Man' on Broadway

On red carpet for his latest film, “The Son” at the Toronto International Film Festival, Hugh Jackman announced that “The Music Man” will end its Broadway run on Jan. 1

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