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‘Henry Johnson’ is a dark (a)moral fable from David Mamet
The playwright’s first movie in 17 years is a brute talkathon.
‘Henry Johnson’ Star and Producer Evan Jonigkeit Doesn’t Always Agree with David Mamet — Their First Film Together Is Better for It
INTERVIEW: The actor reprises his role (yes, the titular one) from Mamet's play for a film adaptation, which he also produces ...
Shia LaBeouf and David Mamet Just Might Save Each Other
Two legendary Hollywood outcasts open up about joining forces for 'Henry Johnson' — a film so indie, they're distributing it ...
‘Henry Johnson’ Review: David Mamet’s Dilemma
The famed playwright struggles to transfer theatrical drama to the screen in the feature adaptation of his prison drama, ...
‘Henry Johnson’ Review: David Mamet Stays in His Rabbit Hole of Cryptic Power Games, but Shia LaBeouf Makes a Striking Convict
Shia LaBeouf makes a striking convict, as David Mamet tries to take us out of our comfort zone. But he has created an overly ...
‘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 ...
David Mamet Stages a Con Fit for the MAGA Moment
Split into quadrants, Henry Johnson opens with lawyer Henry Johnson (Evan Jonigkeit) meeting with his boss Mr. Barnes (Chris Bauer), whom he’s asked to hire an unnamed friend who’s facing murder ...
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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 ... He was pinning it down like a butterfly and diagramming it. “Henry Johnson” is the film version of a Mamet play that premiered in Los ...
‘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.
Life is a crapshoot, for better or worse, as Mamet's 'Henry Johnson' reveals
It’s the convening of the cancelled. Mamet himself has become a vocal conservative and Trump supporter, which has made him ...
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Review: In ‘Henry Johnson,’ There’s No One But the Players and the Played
Reviewing David Mamet's new film, "Henry Johnson," the Village Voice notes that he pushes his deadly serious film to the ...