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New York Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Ponyboi' Review: The Cost of Living Authentically
Classic neo-noir motifs are upended by a rare antihero in 'Ponyboi,' thanks to its titular character: an intersex sex worker. Ponyboi's job servicing regular clients is a dangerous necessity that offers him access to hormones to maintain his male identity. They're supplied by Vinnie (Dylan O'Brien, perfectly smarmy), a pimp running a prostitution ring out of a laundromat in New Jersey. Predictably, a high-stakes death occurs, leaving Ponyboi (River Gallo, who wrote the screenplay) to confront the cost of living authentically. A fractured relationship with his father haunts him from the start. In a flashback, Ponyboi jolts awake after remembering his dad placing a cowboy hat on his head and promising he'd grow into a 'big, strong man.' Amid this macho posturing is Bruce (Murray Bartlett). Seemingly conjured from Ponyboi's imagination, Bruce is a drifting embodiment of human decency, moving through the film like a cool breath against the heat. Their scenes together are welcome dreamlike escapes. Directed by Esteban Arango, 'Ponyboi' mimics the visual style and thematic tropes of pulpy crime noir (think 'Blood Simple' and 'Drive'), from double crosses to a past that torments its gritty protagonist. What better distillation of old-school manliness than sleazy swagger and neon-lit vendettas? Yet Gallo's star-making turn pushes back against this version of hypermasculinity, reshaping genre conventions that have privileged rigid gender binaries. Watching Gallo carve out space for Ponyboi is its own kind of powerful assertion. PonyboiRated R for explicit drug use, graphic sexual content, nudity, strong language and scenes of violent abuse. Running time: 1 hour 43 minutes. In theaters.
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dylan O'Brien Latest To Join Apple's ‘Being Heumann'
EXCLUSIVE: Dylan O'Brien (upcoming Twinless) is set to star alongside Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo in Being Heumann, Apple's adaptation of the bestselling memoir from disability activist Judy Heumann. In the film from CODA Oscar winner Siân Heder, O'Brien will play Evan White, one of the few reporters covering the San Francisco disability rights protests at the heart of the story. Madeley plays the title role, as previously announced, with Ruffalo playing Joseph Califano, the U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Jimmy Carter, who was initially reluctant to sign off on civil rights legislation affecting the disabled Heumann follows Heumann as she leads over a hundred disabled people to take over the San Francisco Federal Building, kicking off a 28-day sit-in in 1977. The protestors quickly form a tightly bound community, refusing to leave until the government enforces section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which required all federal spaces to become accessible. More from Deadline Dylan O'Brien & Actor-Filmmaker James Sweeney On The Many Rejections They Transcended To Mount Their Buzzy Comedy 'Twinless' – Sundance Studio 'Twinless' Review: Dylan O'Brien Mourns His Dead Twin In James Sweeney's Heartfelt & Unhinged Comedy — Sundance Film Festival How 'Pachinko' Star Minha Kim Felt Approached Season 2's Cliffhanger: "That's When Sunja Finally Realized That She's Tired" Hailing from Apple Studios, Being Heumann will be directed by Heder, under her overall deal with Apple, from her script written with Rebekah Taussig. David Permut (Hacksaw Ridge, Face/Off) will produce for Permut Presentations alongside Kevin Walsh (Napoleon, Manchester by the Sea), whose The Walsh Company is under an overall deal with Apple. Heumann's managers John W. Beach and Kevin Cleary of Gravity Squared Entertainment will also serve as producers, with Heumann, Being Heumann co-author Kristen Joiner, Diana Pokorny, and and Jim Lebrecht exec producing. At this year's Sundance Film Festival, O'Brien premiered the dark comedy Twinless, where he's executive producer and star, winning the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting and seeing the film claim the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. Months later, the film was picked up by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions, which will release it in theaters on September 5. O'Brien's other upcoming projects include the 2024 Sundance drama Ponyboi (in select theaters June 27) and the Sam Raimi-directed horror film Send Help for 20th, opposite Rachel McAdams. Also coming off a critically praised turn as Dan Aykroyd in Jason Reitman's Saturday Night, as well as the M. Night Shyamalan-produced Caddo Lake, for which he was nominated for a Gotham Television Award, O'Brien is repped by WME, Principal Entertainment, and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols. Best of Deadline 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More Men of Steel: Every Actor Who Has Played Superman - Photo Gallery 'Michael' Cast: Who's Who In The Michael Jackson Biopic
