Dead Man's Wire review: Bill Skarsgård is deeply unsettling in this retro hostage drama - 4/5 Gus Van Sant’s retelling of a 1977 kidnapping at gunpoint will make your palms sweat ...
Bill Skarsgård plays struggling businessman Tony Kiritsis with a volatile mix of grievance, bravado and wounded pride ...
It plays a little loose with facts but the righteous rage of “Dog Day Afternoon” is present enough in Gus Van Sant’s “Dead Man’s Wire,” a based-on-a-true-tale hostage thriller that’s as deeply 1970s ...
The thriller "Dead Man's Wire" dramatizes a real hostage incident from the 1970s. Critic Bob Mondello says director Gus Van Sant's film seems to speak across the decades. BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: On ...
From left: Myha'la, Cary Elwes, Gus Van Sant, Dacre Montgomery and Colman Domingo attend the "Dead Man's Wire" photocall during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival Gus Van Sant unveils his ...
Dramatizing an odd news item from 1977, Gus Van Sant’s crime film isn’t crazy enough. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an ...
Bill Skarsgård stars as an aggrieved antihero who takes his mortgage broker hostage in a pleasingly punchy ‘70s throwback that struggles to maintain momentum. “Exploded” can be taken literally here, ...
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