DIAMOND

(director/writer: Andy Garcia; cinematographer:Tim Suhrstedt; editors: Sandra Montiel, Emma E. Hickox; music:Arturo Sandoval, Andy Garcia; cast: Andy Garcia (Joe Diamond), Vicky Krieps (Sharon Cobbs), Brendan Fraser (‘Danny Boy’ McVicar), Rosemarie DeWitt (Angel), Demián Bichir (Alberto Echevarna), Dustin Hoffman (Dr. Harry Keiman), Bill Murray (Jimbo), Danny Huston (Bruce Tenenbaum), LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Elizabeth), Robert Patrick (Main Power Broker), Rachel Ticotin (Mrs. Echevarna), Yul Vazquez (The Butler); Runtime: 118; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Andy Garcia, Frank Mancuso Jr., Paul Soriano, Jai Stefan; A Black Cap Pictures; 2026)

“A homage film to both noir and Los Angeles.”

Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz

A homage film to both noir and Los Angeles. The popular actor Andy Garcia (“The Lost City”) is star, director, writer, producer and co-composer with Arturo Sandoval.

Joe Diamond (Andy Garcia) is a hard-nosed old time 1940s film noir type of private detective in  a contemporary Los Angeles. The wealthy abused widow Sharon Cobbs (Vicky Krieps) hires him to prove she did not kill her tycoon husband.

Diamond deals with the crooked LAPD tipster “Danny Boy” McVicar (Brendan Fraser); the well-connected bartender Jimbo (Bill Murray); the quirky Chinese food lover and bad joke telling coroner Dr. Harry Kleiman (Dustin Hoffmana); the oily gardener Alberto Echevarria (Demian Bichir); Cobbs’ butler (Yul Vazquez); Bruce Tenenbaum (Danny Huston, John’s son) and the sultry mystery woman Angel (Rosemarie DeWitt). 

Diamond still prefers rotary phones over cellphones.

It played at the Cannes Film Festival.

REVIEWED ON 6/10/2026  GRADE: B
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