Month: August 2017
Wind River: Life and death in the cold
by Matt Ward
Taylor Sheridan can write the tail off a script. The creative mind behind probing, emotional thrillers like “Sicario” and “Hell or High Water” takes to the director’s chair for the first time with “Wind River,” his third feature film script and perhaps the most stoic, reserved entry in his filmography. Set in the harsh cold of the Wind River Indian Reservation in rural Wyoming, … Read More Wind River: Life and death in the cold
The Glass Castle: Family drama tackles questions of society, freedom, individuality
by Matt Ward
It’s all a matter of perspective. The concept of one man’s trash is another man’s treasure comes to the forefront in “The Glass Castle,” Destin Daniel Cretton’s family drama based on Jeanette Walls’ best-selling memoir of the same name. It’s a tale of a family at odds against itself, father against mother, children against parents, fighting separately but together in a struggle for survival … Read More The Glass Castle: Family drama tackles questions of society, freedom, individuality
Detroit: Bigelow confronts racial turmoil in tale of ’67 riots
by Matt Ward
Kathryn Bigelow is used to telling stories about the fragile nature of war. Her last two films – 2009’s Oscar-winning “The Hurt Locker” and 2012’s “Zero Dark Thirty” – examine the immense pressure and brutality felt by those living in conflict zones, powder-kegs ripe to explode in violence at any moment. With her first film in five years, “Detroit,” the Academy Award winning director … Read More Detroit: Bigelow confronts racial turmoil in tale of ’67 riots
Cinematic Considerations 