MYSTERIOUS: 11 - What They Never Told You

'Elvis' review: Austin Butler is a great impersonator, but Baz Luhrmann doesn't capture the complicated King

The first shot of Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" isn't Austin Butler in the titular role, or blue suede shoes: It's a chintzy gift shop snowman-shaped snow globe, only seen for a moment, before Luhrmann takes us inside the glass of his tragic tale, Rosebud-style.

Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022

Film show: Baz Luhrmann brings Elvis to life in bold biopic

From new biopic "Elvis" by Australian razzle-dazzle director Baz Luhrmann, to the "Toy Story" spinoff from Disney-Pixar that's been banned in a number of countries in the Middle East because of a same-sex kiss, critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about the week's film news.

France 24 · Jun 22, 2022

Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a costume designer

LOS ANGELES — Whitney Anne Adams remembers bawling on the set of Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" during the filming of a lavish party scene in Gatsby's 1920s New York mansion.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 22, 2022

Baz Luhrmann says Tom Hanks committed to ‘Elvis’ role in 20 minutes

It didn’t take long for Tom Hanks to get all shook up about joining the new “Elvis” biopic.

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

‘Elvis’ director Baz Luhrmann says film humanizes the icon, shares how Elvis Presley’s family reacted to it

Director Baz Luhrmann is ready for a little more conversation about Elvis Presley.

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

Movie review: Dazzling biopic a reminder of what made 'Elvis' King of Rock 'n' Roll

Why hasn’t there been a great Elvis biopic yet? Well, Austin Butler wasn’t around to star as the King of Rock 'n' Roll. At the center of Baz Luhrmann’s sprawling pop epic “Elvis,” a film as opulent and outsize as the King’s talent and taste, Butler delivers a fully transformed,…

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

What to stream: Get all shook up with the best Elvis Presley movies, documentaries

Baz Luhrmann’s sprawling pop biopic “Elvis,” starring Austin Butler as the iconic King of Rock 'n’ Roll hits theaters this weekend, and it’s likely that the wild portrait of Elvis Presley might spark a desire to revisit, or discover, some of his best work. There’s of course his discography, but…

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

Baz Luhrmann made a four-hour cut of new film Elvis... and it’s ‘wackadoo’

The longer cut explores Elvis’s addiction to barbiturates and his infamous meeting with Nixon

Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2022

Mystery of Colonel Tom Parker - the mastermind behind Elvis Presley's success

Rock 'n' Roll icon Elvis Presley was managed during the height of his career by Colonel Tom Parker, with the talent agent often debated over whether he was a scoundrel or a marketing genius

Daily Mirror · Jun 20, 2022

In ‘Elvis,’ Baz Luhrmann brilliantly floods our senses with arresting sights and sounds

The director’s trademark razzle-dazzle surrounds Tom Hanks as an oily Colonel Tom Parker and Austin Butler, electrifying as The King.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 20, 2022