Tom McCarthy

Stillwater is one of those films that feels like it hasn’t got anything substantial to say, but there is something at work beneath the surface that lingers well after the last reel has run.

Movies about journalistic crusades often run the risk of appearing pretentious, preachy, or some uncomfortable combination of both. That the best examples, namely All The President’s Men (1976) and more recently, Zodiac (2007), can flip guys with rolled up sleeves and notepads into the pantheon of American heroism speaks to the allure of true justice. Such was the case in 2001, when a Boston Globe...[Read More]