David Mackenzie can't catch a break: despite having made such highly regarded dramas as Young Adam (2003), Asylum (2005), Mister Foe (2007), Spread (2009), and Tonight You're Mine (2011), this Scottish filmmaker can't get any traction here in the U.S. Now Ben Sachs has a four-star review of his prison drama Starred Up, in which a father and son are reunited in the slammer; it screens for one week only at Facets Cinematheque, and after that you can kiss it goodbye.
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