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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

Evening Standard

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.

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Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem to make Bunker together

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

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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

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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’

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

Tribune News Service

‘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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

"The Son" is not an easy watch.

Tribune News Service

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…

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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.

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‘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

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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

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hugh Jackman Reveals Winning Pitch to Be Dad in ‘The Son’

Australian actor Hugh Jackman revealed on Thursday that he was so anxious to play the father in a film called "The Son" that he sent an email to the director-writer Florian Zeller asking for the part. Stars like Jackman, who featured in the "X-Men" series, normally get bombarded with requests…

Evening Standard

Venice Film Festival: The Son movie review - Florian Zeller’s feature sits in the shadow of The Father

The French dramatist and filmmaker turns his attention to the damaged offspring of a broken marriage with mixed results

The Guardian - UK

The Son review – laceratingly painful drama of familial fear and loathing

Venice film festival: Florian Zeller’s follow-up to The Father features a tremendous performance from Hugh Jackman, as a divorced lawyer who agrees to look after his troubled offspring

The Guardian - UK

Hugh Jackman says starring in The Son changed his approach to parenting

Actor says Florian Zeller’s film made him aware of how important it is to share vulnerabilities as a father – not just be strong and dependable

Chicago Tribune

Top movies for fall 2022, including the much awaited ‘Wakanda Forever’

Right now there’s enough debt, toil and trouble afoot to upend the film and streaming industries twice over. Cineworld, owner of the nation’s number two multiplex chain Regal, flirts with bankruptcy amid its nearly $5 billion debt load. Warner Bros. Discovery has taken to cutting its perceived staff and programming…

Evening Standard

What to see at the 66th BFI London Film Festival - our pick of the newly announced programme

It’s back and we couldn’t be more excited

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