

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Sound
Those rattling spacecraft sequences are pure anxiety engineering.
Cinematography
16mm and IMAX shifts make space feel both intimate and vast.
Acting
Gosling's micro-expressions do heavy lifting; Foy absolutely breaks your heart.

Director
Damien Chazelle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The moon surface was built practically on a giant LED screen stage—a first for filmmaking, not CGI.
Chazelle deliberately avoided flag-planting imagery to focus on Armstrong's interior journey, sparking absurd political controversy about patriotism.