Michael Shannon playing a human dumpster fire? Sign me up for the chaos.
A personal look at the influential former politician who rose to fame as a driving force behind anti-communist and anti-homosexual U.S. political sentiment during the Cold War.
Acting
Michael Shannon was literally born to play sweaty, magnetic villains.
Direction
Marhoul's first film since The Painted Bird—expect zero comfort.
Director
Václav Marhoul
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emilia Clarke took this role specifically to escape typecasting after Game of Thrones—no dragons, just moral quicksand.
The film arrives as 'McCarthyism' gets thrown around daily in modern discourse, making its timing almost too on-the-nose.
US
