Tag: williamhmacy
Friday One Sheet: TRAIN DREAMS
Here is a lovely hand-drawn poster from design house Grandson, and artist Sally Deng, for Clint Bentley's Train Dreams, which illustrates one of the films central images: work boots nailed to a tree, a potent visual metaphor for the manifest destiny...
Toronto 2025 Review: TRAIN DREAMS, Where the New World Is an Old Place
Nature is vast and indifferent. It is often cruel. And yet the sunrises and the sunsets are glorious, any life is extraordinary, and regardless of the time, place or circumstances of one’s birth, there are unfathomable wonders intermingled with pain...
Blu-ray Review: INLAND EMPIRE, Lynch's Abstract Masterpiece Comes to Criterion
I have to keep reminding myself that Inland Empire is, in fact, Lynch's most recent feature film. Since 2006, Lynch has directed music videos short films, and of course another season of his ground-breaking television series Twin Peaks. But no...
Critical Distance: The SHAMELESS Age Of Binging MAKING A MURDERER
The first bare breasts appear early in the new season of Shameless. The first few episodes of Making a Murderer feature little more than a tease of possible dramatic impact to come. With its bounty of breasts, buttocks and broken...
Interview: William H. Macy Talks Directing RUDDERLESS, MPAA, And Co-Starring In Paul Thomas Anderson Films
Deadbeat father. Quiz Kid Donnie Smith. 70's porn assistant director. Down-on-his luck car salesman who hires the wrong goons to kidnap his wife to collect some ransom money. These are some of the many prominent characters actor William H....
Giveaway: Win 1 Of 3 DVDs Of William H. Macy's RUDDERLESS
The directorial debut of the great actor William H. Macy, Rudderless, is available today on DVD, and we have three copies to give away. Read on to learn how. (Spoiler: it's easy!) The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival...
Review: Sam Rockwell Breaks Age-Old Movie Rule in A SINGLE SHOT
Briefcases full of money are bad news. Terrible news, even. If you see a briefcase full of money, run as far away from it as you can, and maybe stay inside for a few days just to be safe. You...
The Stack: February Episode Two Includes THE MASTER, SKYFALL, New Shout Factory and More
Welcome back to The Stack! This installment showcases Oscar winners and losers Skyfall, The Master, Argo, and The Sessions, as well as new vintage SE's from Shout Factory, including Terror Vision, The Video Dead, The Joshua Tree and Prison. The truly...
Berlin 2013 Review: Sam Rockwell Breaks Age-Old Movie Rule in A SINGLE SHOT
Briefcases full of money are bad news. Terrible news, even. If you see a briefcase full of money, run as far away from it as you can, and maybe stay inside for a few days just to be safe. You...
Win THE SESSIONS On Blu-ray!
John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, and William H. Macy star in the sensitive, wry, and romantic drama The Sessions, which hits DVD and Blu-ray next Tuesday, February 12. And you might be able to enjoy the film in the high definition...
Review: THE SESSIONS Helps Everybody Get Their Jollies
The Sessions tells a true story about a physically disabled man who enlists a professional sex surrogate to help him through the difficulties, both emotional and logistical, of losing his virginity. That may sound like shameless Oscar-bait -- a perception...
K reviews The Lincoln Lawyer
Mick Haller (Matthew McConaughey) is not your average lawyer. He cruises the streets of Beverley Hills in his mobile office; a sleek and stylish Lincoln and is accompanied by his feel-good chauffeur Earl (Laurence Mason). Things, however quickly start to...
Weinberg Reviews THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Movies like The Lincoln Lawyer are comforting. They're like a nice, tasty peanut butter and jelly sandwich: you know exactly what you're going to get, and as long as the simple sandwich is constructed and delivered with a minimal degree...
