Tye Sheridan – FilmFest Salon

Film: “The Card Counter”

“The Card Counter” is Paul Schrader’s follow-up to his superb “First Reformed”, and it continues his thought-provoking and sincere exploration of guilt in contemporary America. As with Ethan Hawke in the previous film, he has found the ideal actor for the lead role in Oscar Isaac. Similarly, the climactic scene is truly shocking, a totally […]

Tribeca 2016: “Detour”

By filmfestsalonMay 6, 2016Film Review BlogAlfred Molina, Bel Powley, Boogie Nights, Christopher Smith, classic, comatose, drug dealer, Film Festival, film noir, gangster, hooker, Las Vegas, oscars, Risky Business, Tom Cruise, Tribeca, Tye Sheridan, violence

British writer-director Christopher Smith knows his noir. He knows that when you watch his film, you will also be reminded of other movies when you see: a cop order the (anti)hero to open the trunk of his car: a hooker who is frantically packing to get out of Vegas before her pimp kills her, when there’s a […]