PREVIEW: Armageddon Time (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Banks Repeta (The Black Phone), Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Jeremy Strong (The Big Short), Anthony Hopkins (The Father), Jaylin Webb (film debut), Ryan Sell (film debut), Tovah Feldshuh (Kissing Jessica Stein), Dane West (Chronicle of a Serial Killer), Landon James Forlenza (film debut), Andrew Polk (As You Are), Richard Bekins (Limitless), Jacob MacKinnon (film debut), Domenick Lombardozzi (The Irishman), John Diehl (Stripes), Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

James Gray (The Lost City of Z), director, writer, producer; Marc Butan (We Own the Night), Anthony Katagas (12 Years a Slave), Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me By Your Name) and Alan Terpins (Mainstream), producers; Christopher Spelman (The Immigrant), composer; Darius Khondji (Uncut Gems), cinematographer; Scott Morris (Twice Around), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In early 1980s New York, young Jewish-American boy Paul Graff (Repeta) navigates his complicated upbringing with his parents (Hathaway and Strong), loving grandfather (Hopkins), and best friend Johnny (Webb), who also faces discrimination due to his own background…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Filmmaker James Gray’s nostalgia-free study of 1980s America explores the stark racial and class divide with surprisingly winning results, in part thanks to the efforts of a fine cast that includes Oscar-winners like Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain (in a small role as Maryanne “sister to Donald” Trump).

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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