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

Movie Review: 'Dead Man's Wire' Sees Gus Van Sant Return to His True Crime Roots

Al Pacino does not appear to ever stand up in this film. by Dom Sinacola Al Pacino does not stand up at any point in Dead Man’s Wire. He's in three scenes, sitting in all of them—supine, in fact. We could call the performance somnambulant were he to ever actually get up and walk.  However, no one expects Pacino to put his whole mid-octagenarian, egregiously feather-haired self into what amounts to a glorified cameo. What everyone should expect, …

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

Row KTony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård) sits in his shabby, beat-down car outside a dreary block of office buildings, his arm in a sling and his face covered in a sheen of sweat that seems out-of-place for the cold February day. He turns his key, and it breaks in the ignition. Cursing, he stumbles out of his car and towards the building across the street, his one good arm carrying an unwieldy cardboard box. It’s downtown Indianapolis in the dead of …

CALLERI: With ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ Gus Van Sant and Al Pacino deliver a thriller

The term “popcorn movie” generally refers to a more often than not popular film that is geared toward enjoyable entertainment. It can be comedic, adventurous, or action-packed. By definition, the motion picture in question shouldn’t require deep thinking or excessive…

'Dead Man's Wire' shows Gus Van Sant still wrestling with mainstream...

Dead Man's Wire takes Van Sant back to the '70s in a picture that recalls Dog Day Afternoon.

Review: Dead Man’s Wire brings journalistic twist to biopic storytelling

When people feel unheard, they get loud. In “Dead Man’s Wire,” director Gus Van Sant (“My Own Private Idaho”) dramatizes a real hostage crisis, born from financial betrayal, exploring how a lack of control can curdle into violence. Written by Austin Kolodney, “Dead Man’s Wire” reconstructs the 1977 Indianapolis hostage crisis orchestrated by Tony Kiritsis, who wired a shotgun to broker Richard Hall’s neck, demanding restitution after being defra…