Last we really heard from Shia LaBeouf, he was at Cannes in 2025 promoting the weird documentary that followed his attempt to pretty much create an acting cult in Los Angeles, but ultimately just documents him losing his mind while destroying all these aspiring artists' lives. As Rolling Stone wrote, the film captured LaBeouf's "biblical rage spirals, physical assaults, and some truly Grade-A asshole behavior." Charming stuff.
Is This Thing On?: Director/co-screenwriter Bradley Cooper curbs the flashier filmmaking flourishes that marred his Maestro and that understated approach results in one of his best features, an observant and wise depiction on the disorientation and loneliness that happens when a couple separates. Both funny and bittersweet, Is Thing Thing On? begins with the amicable parting of ways between Alex (Will Arnett, who is also co-writer and producer) and Tess (Laura Dern).