In the opening moments of the mesmerizing Sundance award-winning Winter’s Bone, director Debra Granik (Down to the Bone) drops us cold into a different world. As the plaintive vocal of a folk song ...
Daniel Woodrell, the novelist known for writing “country noir” novels like “Winter’s Bone” and “Give Us a Kiss,” died Friday of pancreatic cancer. He was 72. His cause of death was confirmed by his ...
Perhaps the best movie of the previous decade, this is the story of a teenage girl — played by Jennifer Lawrence — taking on the role of mother and family protector. Her father is gone. Her mother is ...