EXCLUSIVE: Mubi’s Cannes Film Festival pick-up of Oliver Hermanus period gay romance, The History of Sound, is hitting ...

In this period drama, premiering at Cannes, two of Hollywood's buzziest male actors play lovers making music together – but the film could do with far more passion and urgency.

Oliver Hermanus' The History Of Sound is both musically inert and narratively repetitive, turning its queer romance into a familiar tune.

‘The History of Sound’ Review: Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor Bring Aching Poignancy to Restrained but Heartfelt Queer Love Story In Oliver Hermanus' drama, two music students form a profound ...

By contrast, “The History of Sound,” which might be described as a minimalist “Masterpiece Theatre”-on-the-frontier riff on “Brokeback,” is a drama that mostly just sits there.

A period piece gay romance years in the making, director Oliver Hermanus’s The History Of Sound has finally been unveiled in competition at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, and early ...

This year, he’s back with two movies in contention for the Palme d’Or: Kelly Reichardt’s art heist picture The Mastermind and Oliver Hermanus’ The History of Sound, in which O’Connor ...

Don’t let the title fool you: “The History of Sound” is an awfully muted affair. Muted in color, performance, tenor and tone, Olivier Hermanus’ doleful ethnomusicologist romance premiered ...

In a way, then, The History of Sound must count as a daring project: an expensive Hollywood film in which two of cinema's buzziest male actors are cast as gay lovers. Subject matter aside ...