Oliver Hermanus' The History Of Sound is both musically inert and narratively repetitive, turning its queer romance into a ...

Oliver Hermanus' The History of Sound lands somewhere between expectations and the underwhelming pic it flirts with becoming.

But don’t make any comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, please per the movie’s star Paul Mescal and South African director Oliver Hermanus. Mescal plays Lionel, a talented singer from rural Kentucky ...

‘The History of Sound’ Review: Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor Bring Aching Poignancy to Restrained but Heartfelt Queer Love Story In Oliver Hermanus' drama, two music students form a profound ...

That’s a question confronted by Oliver Hermanus ’s new film The History of Sound, which premiered here in Cannes on May 21. The film, based on a short story by Ben Shattuck, is about two young men who ...

By contrast, “The History of Sound,” which might be described as a minimalist “Masterpiece Theatre”-on-the-frontier riff on “Brokeback,” is a drama that mostly just sits there.

The Cannes Film Festival competition this evening tuned into The History of Sound, director Oliver Hermanus’ first time in the main theater. It was met with a nine-minute ovation that only slowed as ...

By David Rooney Chief Film Critic Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor offer more proof that they are among the best contemporary actors we have in The History of Sound, a resonant account of a tender ...

In a way, then, The History of Sound must count as a daring project: an expensive Hollywood film in which two of cinema's buzziest male actors are cast as gay lovers. Subject matter aside ...

This year, he’s back with two movies in contention for the Palme d’Or: Kelly Reichardt’s art heist picture The Mastermind and Oliver Hermanus’ The History of Sound, in which O’Connor ...

Okay, here are the words I would write down to best encapsulate the new film The History of Sound which had its world premiere tonight in competition at the Cannes Film Festival: Meditative.

“The History of Sound,” first conceived in early 2020 before the onset of coronavirus, instantly generated social media buzz on announcement. At the time, Mescal and O’Connor were fledgling ...