Tommy Lee Jones shepherds three madwomen across the plains in The Homesman.
by Ben Sachs
The Homesman is such a deeply pessimistic work that I'll be surprised if it becomes a popular success. American spectators rarely go for movies about failure (which might explain why the Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis, despite being one of the best-reviewed movies of last year, never caught on with the mainstream), and The Homesman confronts that subject in virtually every scene.…[ Read more ]