Inside Dwayne Johnson’s transformation into MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s new movie. Watching “The Smashing Machine,” you may find yourself squinting as if trying to puzzle through an optical illusion. How can that guy who your brain objectively knows is Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson look so much like the Rock, but also not?

Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine is not a triumphant sports movie in the traditional sense—it’s an unfiltered, nerve-jangling character study about the

Rebecca’s Take “The Smashing Machine” recounts the success and struggles of Ultimate Fighting Championship champion Mark Kerr. Relying on his own professional wrestling background, Dwayne

In his first feature as a solo director, Benny Safdie leads Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt through the real-life story of early MMA champion fighter Mark Kerr.

After Deadline exclusively revealed their next collaboration earlier this month, Benny Safdie is looking forward to making some sweet Lizard Music with Dwayne Johnson. During the red carpet of A24‘s The Smashing Machine on Monday,

The audiences at the New York Film Festival were caught off guard when Josh Safdie and Timothée Chalamet took the stage at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall to unveil the world premiere of Marty Supreme.

After a long filmmaking partnership, the Safdie brothers have separate films hitting theaters this fall: "The Smashing Machine" and "Marty Supreme."