“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 ...

Lawrence shared her top read on Jan. 7 at 92NY's Jennifer Lawrence in Conversation with Josh Horowitz: Die My Love event in ...

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 ...

Oliver Hermanus takes two of the most romantic leading men in modern cinema and directs them in the most sexless and unsentimental way possible. A film has so much potential, but only shallowly ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly arts and culture newsletter, The ARTery. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. A queer romance film starring ...

Until I finished watching Oliver Hermanus’ “The History of Sound,” I had trouble placing my ambivalence about Paul Mescal as a marquee actor. I’ve heard people rave about him in “Aftersun” and ...