Owen Gleiberman

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Chief Film Critic at Variety

Chief Film Critic for Variety, Author of "Movie Freak" (2016)

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‘Becoming Madonna’ Review: It Comes on as a Look at Madonna’s Early Days, but Most of This Archivally Rich, Dramatically Scrappy Doc Is Set Long After She Became Madonna

6 days ago | variety.com | Owen Gleiberman

It may be evolving into a genre, but I’m not sure that the becoming school of music documentary holds all that much promise. “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” released two months ago (after playing at the Venice Film Festival four years ago and then being rescued by Sony Pictures Classics and streamlined into zippier shape), has certainly been a resounding success.
‘Becoming Madonna’ Review: It Comes on as a Look at Madonna’s Early Days, but Most of This Archivally Rich, Dramatically Scrappy Doc Is Set Long After She Became Madonna | Flipboard

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Owen Gleiberman

2 hours agoNew Pornographers Drummer Joseph Seiders Charged with Child PornographyJoseph Seiders, longtime drummer of The New Pornographers, has been arrested on multiple charges related to child pornography following two alleged …12 hours agoPanicked Banker Called Family Asking for Help Before Disappearing in Spain.
How Can the Movie Industry Thrive Again? Simple: Make 100 Movies a Year That People Want to See

1 week ago | variety.com | Owen Gleiberman

You know what it’s like when you have a problem, or maybe a few of them, and they start to interlock and overwhelm you, and you’re frozen and can’t take action, until hope seems to be fading or maybe even lost, and then one day you wake up and realize…that you need therapy? The movie industry needs therapy. It needs a lot of things, of course, starting with hits and more hits. That’s the long and short of it, isn’t it?
‘Sacramento’ Review: Michael Cera in a Smart and Fluky Road Comedy About the Agony of Adulting

1 week ago | variety.com | Owen Gleiberman

American movies overflow with arrested-development cases. (There’s something very American about that.) Yet it’s not every day that you see a engaging indie comedy about “adulting” — that is, characters of a certain age who are still sealed inside the youth bubble, to the point that they regard conventional grown-up activities like holding down a job or taking care of another person as beyond-their-pay-grade endeavors. The smart and fluky “Sacramento” is that kind of movie.
‘Sacramento’ Review: Michael Cera in a Smart and Fluky Road Comedy About the Agony of Adulting

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Owen Gleiberman

4 days agoStar-studded trailer drops for Wes Anderson’s new film The Phoenician SchemeThe trailer for Wes Anderson's latest film The Phoenician Scheme has dropped, showcasing a star-studded ensemble. The cast of this dark, espionage thriller includes Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Bill Murray, Benedict Cumberbatch, Willem Defoe and Scarlett Johansson.
‘Sinners' Review: Ryan Coogler's Deep South From-Dusk-Till-Dawn Vampire Film Is a Lavishly Serious Popcorn Movie, With Michael B. Jordan in a Dual Role as Criminal Brothers

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Owen Gleiberman

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‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Deep South From-Dusk-Till-Dawn Vampire Film Is a Lavishly Serious Popcorn Movie, With Michael B. Jordan in a Dual Role as Criminal Brothers

2 weeks ago | variety.com | Owen Gleiberman

“Sinners,” written and directed by Ryan Coogler, is a lush, enveloping, historical, phantasmagorical social-panorama from-dusk-till-dawn vampire film. It’s a richly imagined, vibrantly acted portrait of a Deep South community in the early 1930s. It’s also a wild and bloody throat-ripping blowout — a thriller that pushes the vampire-as-metaphor thing about as far as it can go.
‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Deep South From-Dusk-Till-Dawn Vampire Film Is a Lavishly Serious Popcorn Movie, With Michael B. Jordan in a Dual Role as Criminal Brothers | Flipboard

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Owen Gleiberman

“F****d me up completely. I couldn’t make head or tail of it.” Eric Clapton on the one guitarist who blew him away onstageFrom George Harrison to Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton has graced the stage with countless big-name stars, and plenty who could go toe-to-toe with his …
‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Is a CIA Analyst Turned Avenger in a By-the-Code Thriller More Basic Than It Looks

2 weeks ago | variety.com | Owen Gleiberman

Charlie Heller (Rami Malek), the mad-as-hell secret-agent geek brainiac at the center of “The Amateur,” is a CIA analyst who works five floors underground at Langley, in the Decryption and Analysis department. There, he’s a master of all things coded and virtual, a surveillance hacker par excellence. Out of the office, he and his adoring business-person wife, Sarah (Rachel Brosnahan), reside in a renovated farmhouse and appear to have the perfect life.
‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Is a CIA Analyst Turned Avenger in a Thriller More By-the-Code Than It Looks

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Owen Gleiberman

NowLondon CNN — A top White House trade official has a message for world leaders caught in the crosshairs of US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans: it’s “just the beginning.” Peter Navarro, the president’s senior counselor on trade and manufacturing, wrote in an opinion piece in the Financial Times …

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8 Apr 25

Rami Malek plays a mad-as-hell secret-agent geek brainiac in #TheAmateur, a revenge thriller more by-the-code than it looks. https://t.co/IhZ1A9PyDL

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2 Apr 25

Jason Momoa and Jack Black bro it up in #AMinecraftMovie, a genially weightless video-game quest. https://t.co/Xg3V8WQjRf

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2 Apr 25

My tribute to Val Kilmer, a powerful actor who remained a reluctant movie star. https://t.co/MCEUADwQPb

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Articles

‘Becoming Madonna’ Review: It Comes on as a Look at Madonna’s Early Days, but Most of This Archivally Rich, Dramatically Scrappy Doc Is Set Long After She Became Madonna

‘Becoming Madonna’ Review: It Comes on as a Look at Madonna’s Early Days, but Most of This Archivally Rich, Dramatically Scrappy Doc Is Set Long After She Became Madonna | Flipboard

How Can the Movie Industry Thrive Again? Simple: Make 100 Movies a Year That People Want to See

‘Sacramento’ Review: Michael Cera in a Smart and Fluky Road Comedy About the Agony of Adulting

‘Sacramento’ Review: Michael Cera in a Smart and Fluky Road Comedy About the Agony of Adulting

‘Sinners' Review: Ryan Coogler's Deep South From-Dusk-Till-Dawn Vampire Film Is a Lavishly Serious Popcorn Movie, With Michael B. Jordan in a Dual Role as Criminal Brothers

‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Deep South From-Dusk-Till-Dawn Vampire Film Is a Lavishly Serious Popcorn Movie, With Michael B. Jordan in a Dual Role as Criminal Brothers

‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Deep South From-Dusk-Till-Dawn Vampire Film Is a Lavishly Serious Popcorn Movie, With Michael B. Jordan in a Dual Role as Criminal Brothers | Flipboard

‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Is a CIA Analyst Turned Avenger in a By-the-Code Thriller More Basic Than It Looks

‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Is a CIA Analyst Turned Avenger in a Thriller More By-the-Code Than It Looks

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