If you loved The Ides of March, try Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by George Clooney, and they both carry the cerebral mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Ides of March, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is
Berlin, late fall. A ringing telephone. Game-show king Chuck Barris juggles daytime TV with a second life, offing enemies of the state per shadowy Agency directives. Is he really a hitman, or is it all in his head? Clooney's film finds room for Kaufman's mind in post-millennial Hollywood.

