Tagged: lone star

i do movies badly / jim rohner / movies / podcast

May 29, 2020

I Do Movies Badly: Lone Star

Lone Star is, for better and for worse, an efficient encapsulation of the two things that make John Sayles films, well, John Sayles films: His earnest filmmaking and his egalitarianism towards his characters.

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

May 13, 2020

Criterion Prediction #241: Lone Star, by Alexander Miller

Title: Lone Star Year: 1998 Director: John Sayles Cast: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Matthew McConaughey, Kris Kristofferson, Joe Morton, Frances McDormand Synopsis: Sheriff Sam Deeds (Cooper) presides over a seemingly-quiet Texas border town. However, literal and figurative skeletons are dug...