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The Elon Musk-like egos in 'Mountainhead' are terrifying. There is arrogance by the truckload. When Souper tells Venis not to worry, it’s not his fault, Venis is incensed.
One thing Mountainhead portrays so well is the amount of antipathy that’s baked into this Silicon Valley C-suite vibe, and the extreme levels of isolation that these people have. Even if they’re ...
But what’s more, “Mountainhead” is being released at exactly the moment when AI fears must be kicking into overdrive. Look at what’s just transpired in the past few weeks, starting with ...
The new film Mountainhead, written and directed by Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, is about the super-rich, so people may expect something Succession-ish: a tragedy studded with dark humor ...
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Steve Carell, Ramy Youssef, Jason Schwartzman and Cory Michael Smith star in 'Mountainhead,' about Elon Musk types trying to take over the world.
Shooting Jesse Armstrong's Mountainhead came with a number of novel challenges for Jason Schwartzman. For one, the film's turnaround time was a matter of mere months: Filming wrapped in April, and the ...
If “Mountainhead” made you feel disturbed and horrified, that’s kind of the point. “It does and should feel a little scary. It’s a prescient film, which is part of the reason why it’s ...
“Mountainhead,” a satirical skewering of tech oligarchs from “Succession” showrunner Jesse Armstrong, arrived this weekend, dropping on the final day of this year’s Emmy eligibility ...
"Mountainhead" is like "Succession" in that it's dark and funny at the same time, but it gets darker and darker and crazier in a way that just wouldn't make sense for "Succession" to have done.
The Elon Musk-like egos in 'Mountainhead' are terrifying. There is arrogance by the truckload. When Souper tells Venis not to worry, it’s not his fault, Venis is incensed.
The Elon Musk-like egos in 'Mountainhead' are terrifying. There is arrogance by the truckload. When Souper tells Venis not to worry, it’s not his fault, Venis is incensed.