‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Is a Classical Cellist Skating Through a Midlife Crisis in Tony Gilroy’s Elevated Bauble of a Music Drama

"Behemoth!" is a classical-musician movie. It’s a midlife-crisis movie. It’s a romantic mystery. It’s Tony Gilroy fiddling around with pure movie form.

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1. The Behemoth! Cinematic Phenomenon: Tony Gilroy redirects his mastery of tension into a midlife-crisis character study featuring a classical cellist.
2. Top 3 Classical Musician Character Studies: Comparing Behemoth! to the most iconic, high-stakes portrayals of tortured virtuosos in cinema history.
3. Greatest Musical Biopics and Dramas: Rankings of films that defined the intersection of music culture and cinematic storytelling.

Sources

• IndieWire
• Variety
• Hollywood Reporter

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