Sundance: Murray Bartlett and Juliette Lewis co-star in Mark Anthony Green's superficial misfire of a movie about the cultish nature of modern celebrity.

"Opus" pairs one of Hollywood's hottest young actors with a living legend in a treatise on fame, the music industry and cults of creativity.

In A24's 'Opus', Ayo Edebiri stars as Ariel, a young journalist inexplicably invited to the compound of pop legend Moretti (John Malkovich).

Produced by A24 and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Mark Anthony Green, Opus was one of the most anticipated horror films of 2025. Although it is

The trailer for Opus, an upcoming horror film from A24, gives audiences a taste of John Malkovich’s unsettling performance as a pop star cult leader. While establishing the movie’s eerie tone, the preview also provides an overview of the basic premise.

Playing a cross between Bowie, Kanye, and Manson (Charles, not Marilyn), the legendary actor nearly saves this muddled, satirical horror movie. Nearly.

He’s played by the great John Malkovich, who actually sings several of the songs featured in the picture. This is reason enough to see this film or at least to be intrigued by it. Malkovich never really left his theatricality behind when he broke through into movies in the 1980s;