There are a lot of movies about the transformative power of music. There are few that take it to such literal and metaphysical heights as The History of Sound. A triumph of metaphor and screen ...
Since its premiere at Cannes Film Festival back in May of this year, The History of Sound has generated more buzz than your average wartime melodrama, largely due to its star casting. With Paul Mescal ...
Josh O’Connor experienced the splendor of Cannes in 2023, when he was there with Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera. This year, he’s back with two movies in contention for the Palme d’Or: Kelly Reichardt’s ...
Director Oliver Hermanus follows two men united in love and music, but his style is overly pictorial and polite, and so is the film's romantic passion. In “Brokeback Mountain,” the two lead characters ...
If the algorithm was overseeing casting for a tender, queer romance, it’s likely that at least one combination would involve Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor. They are two of Hollywood’s most promising ...
The History of Sound (now streaming on MUBI) unites two burgeoning stars (and sex symbols) in Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal, who play lovers in an era when two men kissing was something to be shunned ...
Based on a short story by Ben Shattuck, the years-spanning “The History of Sound,” from “Living” filmmaker Oliver Hermanus, has an enviable draw in its central twosome: Who wouldn’t be down for a risk ...
This weekend as you come down from a Halloween haze and look for something fun to watch in your candy coma, there are loads of great new movies on VOD. You can catch Scarlett Johansson’s directorial ...
Paul Mescal made headlines in 2024 for his performance in Gladiator II, and less than a year later, he’s back with another period drama. Mescal stars alongside Josh O’Connor in The History of Sound, ...
Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...
Vermont native and actor Hadley Robinson, who has performed in films including “Little Women” and “Anyone But You,” returns to the screen with the Sept. 12 release of “The History of Sound.” Due to ...