Tuning a piano is already a delicate art, but tuning your ear to a life of crime? That’s where things get a little sharp. This week we unlock Tuner, directed by Daniel Roher and starring Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, and Havana Rose Liu. Woodall plays Niki White, a gifted piano tuner whose heightened hearing makes him unusually good at his job — until criminals realize the same skill might also make him dangerously good at cracking safes. Does Tuner hit the perfect note, or does this thriller fall a little flat?
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Release Details
Title: Tuner
Year: 2026 for U.S. theatrical release; the film premiered in 2025.
Director: Daniel Roher
Writer(s): Daniel Roher and Robert Ramsey
Top Billed Stars: Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu, Lior Raz, Tovah Feldshuh, Jean Reno
Running Time: 107 minutes / 1 hour 47 minutes
Country of Origin: United States / Canada
Official Release Date(s): World premiere at Telluride on August 30, 2025; U.S. theatrical release on May 22, 2026; UK cinemas May 29, 2026.
Other Notable Projects
Daniel Roher — Best known for Navalny, the Oscar-winning documentary about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Tuner is interesting because it is a pivot from real-world political danger to constructed genre suspense, but both depend on paranoia, pressure, and people trapped inside systems bigger than themselves.
Robert Ramsey — Co-writer here with Roher. His role matters because Tuner is a very premise-driven script: a clean “one weird skill” thriller that needs emotional logic underneath the safecracking mechanics.
Leo Woodall — Coming off major visibility from The White Lotus and One Day, Woodall gets a part that asks him to be romantic lead, anxious technician, damaged artist, and reluctant criminal all at once. This feels like the “can he carry a movie?” test, and the reviews have largely framed it as a breakout vehicle.
Dustin Hoffman — Hoffman plays Harry Horowitz, Niki’s older mentor. His casting gives the film a direct line to an older mode of character-driven American drama, which helps balance the more modern “high-concept thriller” element.
Havana Rose Liu — After No Exit and Bottoms, Liu’s Ruthie gives the movie its musical and romantic counterweight. Her role matters because she is not just “the girlfriend”; she represents the artistic life Niki has lost, resents, and still wants to be near.
Lior Raz — Best known internationally for Fauda, Raz plays Uri, the criminal figure who recognizes Niki’s usefulness. That casting gives the danger side of the movie a sharper edge because Raz brings built-in credibility as someone who can play charm and threat in the same breath.
Jean Reno — Reno’s presence brings old-school international thriller flavor. For a movie already playing with noir, crime, and European sophistication, he’s a useful texture even if the film belongs primarily to Woodall.
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