By Efe Teksoy. The silence, however, is theirs alone — something neither the camera nor the system could ever claim….” Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård) takes a man hostage — and wires a shotgun to his neck. But that isn’t the first thing he does that day. The first thing he […]
A Bloated Beauty: Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
By Thomas M. Puhr. Here is a filmmaker who remains unafraid of taking big creative risks but has clearly struggled with the ethical implications of adapting this dark chapter from American history. His heart is in the right place, but is he not still on that stage at the end?” […]
Lawrence Tierney: Face of a Cop Hater (Preview)
By Burt Kearns. Tierney is another picture altogether…. He is a man who has had his head handed to him.” Lawrence Tierney was twenty-six years old in April 1945, when he became an “overnight sensation” in the title role of the gangster film Dillinger. In the years to follow, his erratic […]