Shia LaBeouf makes a striking convict, as David Mamet tries to take us out of our comfort zone. But he has created an overly rarefied discomfort zone.

The playwright’s first movie in 17 years is a brute talkathon.

Evan Jonigkeit stars as a man whose inability to grow a spine turns him into a sucker for a world filled with nefarious actors all too eager to use him. From con men to real estate closers, David ...

wide-ranging conversation with Pulitzer-winning playwright and two-time Oscar nominee David Mamet. Mamet has directed a new movie, Henry Johnson, his first in 12 years, based on his 2023 play that ...

INTERVIEW: The actor reprises his role (yes, the titular one) from Mamet's play for a film adaptation, which he also produces ...

Henry Johnson is well worth seeing, especially for fans of David Mamet. Interesting writing will always merit a trip to the ...

Talk is power in the world according to David Mamet ... they like being dominated — are the prey. “Henry Johnson” is unusual for Mamet in that it focuses on the prey. It’s also as close ...

By David Rooney Chief Film Critic There ... That makes it a pleasure to be reminded, in Henry Johnson’s attention-grabbing opening, of Mamet at the peak of his considerable powers.

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 ...