David Rooney
Chief Film Critic at The Hollywood Reporter
Chief Film Critic @THR. Former Chief Theater Critic. Previously published at Variety, NY Times, LA Times. Member of @NYFCC, @NatSocFilmCrix.
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lithub.com | David Rooney
In the early afternoon of June 14th, 1919, two young men struggled into heavy flying suits, then climbed into a modified Vickers Vimy biplane on Lester’s Field, a mile from downtown St. John’s, Newfoundland. The airplane was an unwieldy, twin-engine ex-bomber, retrofitted with fuel tanks where formerly the bombs would have been held.
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2 days ago |
hollywoodreporter.com | David Rooney
You’ve got to love Anjelica Huston, wearing pounds of power jewelry and Cher-strength makeup as a Ruska Roma crime queen known only as “The Director,” putting a young ballet student through her pirouette paces until her toes have bled clean through her satin pointe shoes. “Tend to your wounds before you get sepsis and we have to cut off your feet,” the Director intones in a lugubrious Belarusian accent.
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3 days ago |
kirkusreviews.com | David Rooney
Anyone with an interest in the formative era of aviation will thrill to this account. The first air crossing from North America to Europe was an achievement to remember. “A nonstop flight across the Atlantic might be routine to us,” writes Rooney, a British author. “But it is only possible because of those who went first.” And the first were Britain’s John Alcock and Arthur Brown, who made the crossing in 1919 in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber.
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1 week ago |
hollywoodreporter.com | David Rooney
Over three features set in his native Iceland, Hlynur Pálmason has established a distinctive feel for the power of landscapes and elemental forces to shape human relationships, positioning them in stark relief. A feeling as intimate as isolation can take on epic dimensions under the writer-director’s gaze, notably in his 2022 head-turner Godland, an austerely beautiful study of man vs. nature whose spirituality is pierced by shards of wily humor and Lynchian strangeness.
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yardbarker.com | David Rooney
The New York Knicks find themselves in a deep hole against the Indiana Pacers, down three games to one with a ticket to the NBA Finals on the line as they try to avoid the gentlemen’s sweep. The Knickerbockers haven’t made it to the Finals in this century, and they have an uphill battle to get back to the pinnacle of basketball, but all hope isn’t lost yet. In order to fight through this adversity and make it back to the NBA Finals, though, the Knicks will have to make some serious improvements.
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RT @jon_frosch: Proud to be nominated alongside my fab colleagues @DavidCRooney1 @TheFienPrint @simplylovia and @ajhan, as well as all the…
On paper, #Cannes2025 is looking like one of the strongest editions in years. For @THR, I rounded up 10 premieres I’m psyched to see. https://t.co/NkdJHNelDF