Bringing her observational knack to the realm of genre formula, New York auteur Bette Gordon tackles matters of crime, guilt and redemption with a solid grasp of character and place in The Drowning. Overcoming the screenplay’s gaping holes in logic is another matter. Like most thrillers, this story of a child psychologist who’s drawn into the net of a vindictive former patient requires a certain suspension of disbelief. Gordon, who has explored lives in the margins in Variety, Luminous Motion and Handsome Harry, doesn’t quite manage to bridge the gaps or make every corner of the story ring true, but with...
- 5/10/2017
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here's your daily dose of an Indie film in progress -- at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: is this a movie you'd want to see? Tell us in the comments. Border Crossing Tweetable Logline: Josh Charles and Julia Stiles star in Bette Gordon’s film "Border Crossing," based on the novel by Booker Prize-winner Pat Barker. Elevator Pitch: "Border Crossing" is an intense psychological thriller about children who commit murder and the destruction that’s left behind in the wake of those terrible crimes. Production Team: Bette Gordon ("Handsome Harry," "Luminous Motion," "Variety") - DirectorJamin O'Brien ("Handsome Harry," "Killer Joe," Hateship Loveship") - ProducerElizabeth Kling ("Deadwood," "The Killing") - ProducerDaniel L. Blanc - ProducerRadium Cheung ("Blue Valentine," "All is Lost") - Cinematographer About...
- 4/20/2015
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
My conversation with Bette Gordon at the Tribeca Film Festival was probably the most film schoolish of any I had. Talking about her use of camera styles, her attempts to make a statement about post-Vietnam masculine identity, using the actors to motivate camera movement rather than the other way around-- it definitely wasn't the usual chat about funny on-set moments and what it was like to work with the lead actors. Gordon, whose landmark feminist film Variety was also playing at the festival as a revival, directed Handsome Harry as a way to explore masculinity. "It's my interest in gender. You really understand gender I think by looking at both sides of something." Working with Jamey Sheridan, whom she'd directed previously in Luminous Motion (you can see my interview with him here), Gordon told the story of Harry Sweeney, a Vietnam war veteran forced to face down dark secrets from...
- 5/5/2009
- cinemablend.com
Odds are you've seen Jamey Sheridan in something, be it a handful of performances on Law & Order: Criminal Intent or supporting roles in movies like Syriana, The Ice Storm and Nothing but the Truth. But in Handsome Harry, his second collaboration with director Bette Gordon, you can't miss him. As the main character Harry Sweeney, Sheridan is in nearly every frame as his character grapples with an awful secret from his past by reuniting with his old Navy buddies. As producer and star, Sheridan was a key element in getting Handsome Harry get made, and even convincing Gordon-- who also directed him in Luminous Motion-- to sign on. "I wanted her to direct, and I wanted to work with her. We were taking about this kind of stuff for a while, and I was telling her I thought she could direct men better than men could. " But Gordon wasn't...
- 5/3/2009
- cinemablend.com
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