Filmmaker Matt Johnson (NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE, OPERATION AVALANCHE) narrative feature TONY offers a thoughtful origin story for a rebellious voice that defined a generation in a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa, THE HOLDOVERS) as he stumbles into the chaotic world of a Cape Cod restaurant kitchen. The setting kicks off a summer that will shape the course of his life. With Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones.

“It’s a youthful romance, a goofball gross-out, and a “Karate Kid” fable rolled into one. You might get so caught up in the comedy, familiar beats and all, that you forget you’re watching a bio-pic.” (The New Yorker)

“[Matt]Johnson shapes this material with both breeziness and a kind of tough-love compassion, and the track list he’s assembled summons the spirit of 1975 like a ghost.” (TIME Magazine)

“Even if he does a lot of growing up across that one summer, he’s still recognizably himself, and that’s the very epitome of a meaningful biopic.” (Austin Chronicle)

“‘Tony’ feels as if it has come pippin’ hot out off the griddle; it’s the cinematic equivalent of a fiery flambé depicting a talented man’s coming-of-age odyssey as he goes on to discover that there is far more to a clambake than he ever thought possible.” (San Jose Mercury News)

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TONY (Matt Johnson, 2026 / 106 mins / 14A) A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.

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