The History of Sound review: Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal sing their hearts out, but this strikes a duff note - 2/5 For a film about music and harmony, ironically it is not helped by the score ...
“The History of Sound” is a gay love story in which no one ever comes out and says what’s on their minds. We get why. The film is set in the early 20th century, and its two lead characters start off ...
Thu, September 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM UTC The grandiose, sweeping emotional gestures toward repression and latent desire out of something like “Brokeback Mountain” are nowhere here, Hermanus instead ...
Paul Mescal in "The History of Sound" (Cannes Film Festival) Don’t let the title fool you: “The History of Sound” is an awfully muted affair. Muted in color, performance, tenor and tone, Olivier ...
I had missed that voice more than I knew. Being able to hear him again — young him, even if he wasn't talking to me, or talking about anything I much cared about, felt to me, as it had to Lionel in ...
The History of Sound is directed by Oliver Hermanus and adapted by Ben Shattuck from his own short stories. It stars Josh O'Connor and Paul Mescal in lead roles. The film traces a love story stretched ...
In the film "The History Of Sound," two young men search for authentic folk tunes as they hike through the backwoods of Maine. Critic Bob Mondello says the World War I era romance is a story of music ...