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‘Henry Johnson’ Review: David Mamet’s Bitter Portrait of a Manipulated Man Is Too Theatrical for Its Own Good
Evan Jonigkeit stars as a man whose inability to grow a spine turns him into a sucker for a world filled with nefarious ...
‘Henry Johnson' Review: David Mamet Stays in His Rabbit Hole of Cryptic Power Games, but Shia LaBeouf Makes a Striking Convict
As Henry, Evan Jonigkeit (who is Mamet's son-in-law) makes Henry such a passive, petulant naïf that we never develop much of ...
‘Henry Johnson’ Review: Shia LaBeouf and Evan Jonigkeit Are Riveting in David Mamet’s Dark Study of Puppet Masters and Pawns
Chris Bauer and Dominic Hoffman also star in the writer-director’s lean screen adaptation of his four-character 2023 play.
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Theater and film legend David Mamet on being pranked by Gene Hackman
David Mamet joins to discuss his considerable film career, including his latest adaptation of his own play “Henry Johnson,” ...
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David Mamet, David Cronenberg, and Melanie Lynskey on The Treat
David Mamet talks adapting his own play “Henry Johnson,” David Cronenberg discusses his latest unnerving piece “The Shrouds,” ...
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‘Henry Johnson’ Review: David Mamet Stays in His Rabbit Hole of Cryptic Power Games, but Shia LaBeouf Makes a Striking Convict
David Mamet has been a celebrated playwright for ... (That’s why the 1992 movie version is the greatest Martin Scorsese movie that Scorsese never made.) But Mamet now seemed to be trying to ...
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‘Henry Johnson’ Review: Shia LaBeouf and Evan Jonigkeit Are Riveting in David Mamet’s Dark Study of Puppet Masters and Pawns
Which makes David Mamet’s compelling screen version of his ... To be clear, this is an actual movie, not to be confused with a live-capture quickie, in which cameras record a performance on ...