Timing, they say, is everything. When Noah Baumbach's White Noise had its premiere at Venice in 2022 and arrived on Netflix just weeks later, the world was still recovering from the pandemic. And, with a story built around a global threat, the film felt all too close to recent events.
Three years on, it's time for a re-appraisal of this dark comedy based on Don DeLillo's award-winning novel from 1985. A deadpan look at the affluent West and all its anxieties, it has a dreamlike quality and a top-drawer cast, headed by Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig and Don Cheadle, to make sure that the ideas and the laughs keep on coming.
