Overview

• Bleecker Street released director David Mackenzie’s film in U.S. theaters on August 22 following a 2024 Toronto premiere.
• Riz Ahmed stars as a fixer who arranges quiet settlements for corporate whistleblowers, using Telecommunications Relay Service calls to keep his identity hidden.
• Critics praise Ahmed’s restrained performance and the film’s throwback craft, while some question the plausibility of its late plotting.
• Mackenzie and Ahmed collaborated on character work, including Ash’s Alcoholics Anonymous history that shapes the drama.
• The production leans on real New York locations, with Penn Station’s public teletypewriter booth helping define the movie’s analog methods and mood.