Tagged: michelle williams
Any retrospective consideration of Brokeback Mountain – and for that matter most of what was written about it upon release – has to contend with the cultural moment of 2005, and how the film was both informed by it and...
Title: But I’m a Cheerleader Year: 1999 Director: Jamie Babbit Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, RuPaul, Michelle Williams, Cathy Moriarty Synopsis: Despite being a cheerleader with a football player boyfriend on her arm, Megan’s conservative parents suspect she’s a lesbian...
Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World is a thriller that doesn’t thrill. It’s a kidnap movie with no pulse. It resists, even, the temptation to become an offbeat buddy cop story about an estranged divorcee and her former...
Title: Meek’s Cutoff Year: 2010 Director: Kelly Reichardt Cast: Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Shirley Henderson Synopsis: Settlers contend with life on the trail as they make their way to Oregon in 1845. Matters are...
Andrew Fleming’s Dick, just like Bruce McCulloch’s Superstar, is a slightly too-weird-for-this-world comedy that came out amidst the glut of great movies in 1999. Both underperformed at the box office and both have since accumulated minor cult followings, though nothing...
