Birdman

Riggan Thomson, famous for playing a superhero, is trying to matter again by staging a play on Broadway, and the camera refuses to cut. Iñárritu makes the preview week feel like one long night. Michael Keaton plays the actor and the voice of the old costume. Edward Norton’s Mike is the stage actor who can ruin a scene by being better. Emma Stone is the daughter who will not clap on cue. The Searchlight trailer is the street and the dressing room. The film is the review he cannot control.