A Complete Unknown

Nominated for eight Academy Awards—Including Best Picture

2024. 141 m. James Mangold. Searchlight Pictures. US. English. Rated R.

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Nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Directing (James Mangold), Actor in a Leading Role (Timothée Chalamet), and Best Picture.

Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history.

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. As he forms his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement and, refusing to be defined, makes a controversial choice that culturally reverberates worldwide.

Find your direction home with JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 28: A Complete Unknown, a playlist that dives into Dylan’s music, mentors, and paramours from 1962-66.

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"Like its subject has done so many times in his six-decade career, this one exceeds expectations... Mangold’s approach demands a great deal of Mr. Chalamet, and he nails it... It gives the film an electricity that biopics almost always lack, feeling urgent instead of merely like a jukebox that’s been played a hundred times."
Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com

"While we’ve seen that kind of portrait of an artist before—surely most of the greats have at least a dash of cruel vanity in them—Chalamet makes it fresh. To watch him is to feel what so many other characters in the film do: an affection and a curious sense of loss as he drifts away into the lonely mists of talent and fame."
Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair