“Mountainhead” Channels the Absurdity of the Tech Bro
Four tech billionaires walk into a mansion. It sounds like the setup for a punch line, but it also forms nearly the entire conceit behind “Mountainhead,” a savagely entertaining but…
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‘Mountainhead’ Stars Ramy Youssef and Cory Michael Smith Unpack Their Twisted Tech Bromance and Comparisons to Musk, Zuckerberg and ‘Succession’
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for “Mountainhead,” now streaming on Max. “Mountainhead,” the new HBO film written and directed by “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong,…
‘Mountainhead’ Is ‘Succession’ — but With Stealthier Costumes
LONDON — Jesse Armstrong, the creator of “Succession,” is well versed in the lives of the extremely rich. And it shows in his new HBO film “Mountainhead,” another anthropology of wealth…
‘Mountainhead’ Mines AI Anxieties at Just the Right Time
Imagine a future that may or may not be too far from now in which an AI video generator is capable of cranking out an entire movie. Then picture the movie’s script is derived from a large…
Jesse Armstrong Says It Was a ‘Little Bit Scary’ Making ‘Mountainhead’ After ‘Succession’
How does one follow up on a series that defined a decade of prestige television? For “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong, the answer was to move so fast that there was no time for…