TORONTO — Few actors are as well-recognized and easily typecast as the affable Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, but in “The ...

“The Smashing Machine” is a strange one: a bio-drama about the emotional sensitivities of a professional fighter. Starring ...

Mark Kerr and the makers of the new A24 film 'The Smashing Machine' talk about how they collaborated to tell Kerr's true ...

The celebrated filmmaker and actor sat down with Q’s Tom Power at this year’s TIFF to talk about his highly anticipated new ...

From Benny Safdie, half of the Safdie Brothers whose Good Time and Uncut Gems pulled exactly zero punches with their ...

In 2001, the WWE wrestler turned actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made his first film appearance in the action sequel The ...

The Smashing Machine’ is Dwayne Johnson’s attempt at Oscar-level respect as an actor, with director Benny Safdie doing his ...

Benny Safdie connected with The Rock very quickly. Safdie is the director, writer, producer, and editor of the Mark Kerr biopic, ‘The Smashing Machine’. The film, which opens in theaters on October 3, ...

The marketing for writer-director Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” isn’t shy about pushing this mixed martial arts ...

You only need to see its trailer to know that “The Smashing Machine” is one such film, a vehicle par excellence for Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. the Rock. He’s starred in plenty of movies to date, but ...

Benny Safdie wants to challenge our expectations of the traditional sports movie. His first solo directorial outing without ...