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David Rooney
Chief Film Critic
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As Chief Film Critic, David Rooney reviews the latest releases and premieres from major festivals including Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Toronto. He was formerly THR’s Chief Theater Critic and continues to review Broadway when time permits. Based in New York City, he is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle, National Society of Film Critics and New York Drama Critics Circle. Prior to joining THR, he was Chief Italian Correspondent for Variety before moving to New York, where he became Chief Theater Critic. Rooney's work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone. He has served on the nominating panel for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and multiple times for the Gotham Awards. David’s writing for THR has won four Southern California Journalism Awards and two National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards.
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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
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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‘Thunderbolts*’ Review: Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan Lead a Gratifyingly Fresh and Soulful Marvel Adventure
Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Lewis Pullman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus also star in Jake Schreier’s account of dysfunctional outsiders teaming up to tap into their heroic potential.
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‘Havoc’ Review: Tom Hardy Dials the Ultra-Violence and the Body Count Way Up in Netflix’s High-Octane Action Thriller
Jessie Mei Li, Timothy Olyphant and Forest Whitaker also star in Gareth Evans’ neo-noir about a compromised detective caught between Triad killers and crooked fellow cops.
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‘Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey’ Review: ‘My Octopus Teacher’ Director Delivers Another Heart-Tugging Study of Man and Nature
Pippa Ehrlich’s Netflix doc traces a volunteer conservationist’s experience with the rehabilitation of a traumatized pangolin pup rescued from illegal traffickers in South Africa.
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‘Sinners’ Review: Michael B. Jordan Doubles the Magnetism in Ryan Coogler’s Audacious Journey Into a Community’s Violated Soul
Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku and Miles Caton also star in this genre-bending brew of vampire horror, Southern Gothic, folklore and blues-soaked spirituality.
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Just in time for the 'White Lotus' withdrawal and the post-'Dying for Sex' drought, THR critics rank the hottest television series to ever set the small screen a-sizzle.
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‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Transforms From CIA Desk Jockey Into Ace Field Agent in Preposterous but Entertaining Vengeance Thriller
Rachel Brosnahan, Laurence Fishburne and Caitríona Balfe also star in James Hawes’ film of the Robert Littell novel about a man shattered by loss but galvanized by justice.
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‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Theater Review: George Clooney Makes Restrained Broadway Debut in an Adaptation Most Notable for Its Timeliness
Co-writers Clooney and Grant Heslov retool their screenplay for the 2005 film about CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow’s 1954 takedown of Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
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‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Theater Review: Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr Bristle With Cutthroat Rivalry in Punchy David Mamet Revival
Michael McKean also stars in Patrick Marber’s Broadway production of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize winner about Chicago real estate hucksters driven to desperate measures.
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‘Warfare’ Review: Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland Plunge the Audience Into the Hell of Combat in Visceral Real-Time Nerve-Shredder
Shaped from the memories of Navy SEALS on a 2006 mission in Iraq, the drama features rising stars including Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor, Charles Melton and ‘Reservation Dogs’ discovery D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai.
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‘Othello’ Theater Review: Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal Bring Star Wattage to Middling Revival Otherwise Short on Electricity
Kenny Leon directs the first production of Shakespeare’s tragedy to play Broadway in more than 40 years, also featuring Molly Osborne, Andrew Burnap and Kimber Elayne Sprawl.
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‘Snow White’ Review: Rachel Zegler Shines and Gal Gadot Glowers in Disney’s Mostly Captivating Live-Action Update
Marc Webb directs Erin Cressida Wilson’s adaptation of the studio’s landmark 1937 first animated feature, also starring Andrew Burnap.
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