Variety reviews A24's 'Tony,' Matt Johnson's Anthony Bourdain origin story

Variety published its review of "Tony" on 29 July 2026. The A24 drama, directed by Matt Johnson ("Blackberry"), depicts Anthony Bourdain as a 19-year-old working a Provincetown restaurant kitchen in the summer of 1975. Dominic Sessa stars; Antonio Banderas co-stars. The film draws from early chapters of Bourdain's 2000 memoir "Kitchen Confidential" and is partially fictionalised.