John Malkovich, Opus

Opus: John Malkovich, Mark Anthony Green on storytelling and creating pop stars
John Malkovich and Mark Anthony Green spoke to Digital Trends about their movie Opus, the art of storytelling, and how to create a pop star.
Actor John Malkovich channels his inner dark pop star on A24's 'Opus: The Moretti' EP
Marking his official musical debut as a vocalist, John Malkovich performs all three tracks in tone with the film's mysterious Alfred Moretti. Produced and written by Nile Rodgers and The Dream, the project displays pure creativity and utter decay of a pop star in rebirth.
“Opus” director says John Malkovich didn't think he could pull off the film's twisted pop star villain
"What he said several times was that he didn't think that I was going to be able to do it,” writer-director Mark Anthony Green recalls.
'Opus' review: John Malkovich plays pop superstar in clumsy thriller
The famously intense actor is a bad fit for the role of a dance-pop megastar in Mark Anthony Green's debut film.
‘Opus’: Casting John Malkovich as a Popstar Was a Rotten Idea
Casting is important. I feel like I’ve seen dozens of interviews with directors who humbly suggest that once you hire the right actors and let them do their thing, brilliance follows. It’s rare these days to see a truly rotten pairing of performer and role,
Here’s How John Malkovich Became A Diabolical Diva In ‘Opus’
The iconic actor and writer-director Mark Anthony Green discuss the thriller and who inspired Malkovich's maleficent Moretti, a man who puts the cult in pop culture.
'Opus' Review: John Malkovich Has a Fever, and the Only Prescription Is a Better Movie
Only Ariel seems to think any of this weird stuff is suspicious. To everyone else it's just show business. Artists are oddballs and that comes with the territory. What are obsessive fans if not cultists,
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There is meta in John Malkovich’s madness
He let Spike Jonze use the inside of his head as the plot of a film. He’s designed 24 menswear collections, one of them named ...
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How John Malkovich became a pop sensation and horror star in ‘Opus’
Dorchester’s Ayo Edebiri plays a young journalist who’s invited to the desert compound of Malkovich’s cultish character, Moretti John Malkovich’s path to pop stardom began around the age ...
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Movie Review: An unhinged John Malkovich can't help the cult-horror misfire 'Opus'
John Malkovich leans into his regular off-kilter creepy to play the unlikely pop star at the center of this serious misfire by the A24 studio, a movie that also manages to pull “The Bear” star ...
‘Opus’ review: John Malkovich and Ayo Edebiri match wits in an album release party gone wild
Though not quite wild enough. Malkovich plays a reclusive music superstar, but the cult-of-celebrity satire of “Opus” never quite sorts out its thriller elements.