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fromInverse
2 weeks ago

'Dead Man's Wire' Proves Gus Van Sant Movies Still Matter

Dead Man's Wire is a taut, timely crime thriller and strong Gus Van Sant comeback dramatizing a 1977 three-day hostage standoff with crowd-pleasing energy.
fromThe Mercury News
3 weeks ago

What to watch: 'Dead Man's Wire' marks a huge comeback for Gus Van Sant

After somewhat of a dry spell, Gus Van Sant comes out swinging with one of his most consistently entertaining features in decades, a rousing truth-based crime dramedy that relates the relatively simple tale of a twitchy, outraged Indianapolis man taking a banker hostage. Everything about it works, in particular Bill Skarsgard's fastball performance as Tony Kiritsis, a guy fed up with the bank's hard line (read: greedy) approach to his late mortgage payments that he claims were due to a botched investment by the bank.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

What to watch: Dead Man's Wire' marks a huge comeback for Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant delivers a rousing, truth-based crime dramedy, Dead Man's Wire, with Bill Skarsgård as a hostage-taking antihero targeting corporate greed.
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fromInsideHook
4 weeks ago

See/Hear: The Best Movies, TV and Music for January

Monthly cultural roundup highlights upcoming movies, TV shows, album releases, notable casts, and recommended media with playlist and classic pop-culture picks.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Bill Maher Agrees With Guest that Epstein's Death Was Not a Suicide as Reported: Somebody Did It'

Bill Maher agreed with a guest on his show who floated the idea that someone killed Jeffrey Epstein and his death was not a suicide as has reported. Monday's episode of Club Random featured filmmaker Gus Van Sant. At one point in the conversation, the two talked about Epstein and his connections to some of the most powerful people on the planet. Citing emails released in one of the government's file dumps, Maher marveled at Epstein acting as a love guru for those same people.
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fromIndieWire
4 months ago

Gus Van Sant on the Luigi Mangione Link to His Hostage Thriller 'Dead Man's Wire,' the Legacy of 'Elephant,' and Streaming vs. Theatrical

Gus Van Sant returns to Venice with Dead Man's Wire, a true-story film about 1977 hostage Tony Kiritsis starring Bill Skarsgård.
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