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Dead Man's Wire review: Bill Skarsgård is deeply unsettling in this retro hostage drama

4/5 Gus Van Sant’s retelling of a 1977 kidnapping at gunpoint will make your palms sweat

Evening Standard

Dead Man’s Wire review – an outrageous true crime story told blandly by Gus Van Sant

3/5 A twitchy man takes a mortgage broker hostage in this Seventies thriller, starring Bill Skarsgård and Al Pacino

The Independent UK

Gus Van Sant: ‘My assistant wanted to erect a statue of Luigi Mangione. My generation thought: this is murder’

The Milk and Good Will Hunting director’s new film is about ‘a little guy’ taking violent revenge against the system. He talks about the parallels between Dead Man’s Wire and the homicide case currently dividing Gen Z and boomers

The Guardian - UK

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Bill Skarsgård Was ‘Hesitant’ About Returning As Pennywise In Welcome To Derry. What Convinced Him

Heading back to Derry wasn't an easy decision for the actor.

Cinemablend

I Was Well Into Dead Man's Wire Before I Realized Who Was Playing One Of The Main Characters

Ever have that happen to you?

Cinemablend

I Love How Dead Man's Wire Demonstrates One Fun Concept

Well, the truth really is stranger than fiction.

Cinemablend

How Bill Skarsgård Views His Transformation For Dead Man’s Wire Compared To The Extremes He Went To For IT And Nosferatu

The actor discusses his unique process.

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Don’t Let The Timeliest True-Crime Thriller Of The Year Pass You By

Gus Van Sant makes a comeback 8 years later with 'Dead Man's Wire, a lightweight 'Dog Day Afternoon' riff that is a ton of fun.

Inverse

From Wuthering Heights to The Hunger Games: Films we're most excited for in 2026

From Charli xcx’s mockumentary The Moment to Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey, there’s something for everyone at the cinema

Evening Standard

Dead Man’s Wire review – Gus Van Sant calls the shots with surreal true-crime thriller

Al Pacino, Colman Domingo and Myha’la excel in this gripping take on the events of 1977 when an Indianapolis businessman held his mortgage broker hostage

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