Film (2013)
Directed by John Wells
Screenplay by Tracy Letts
based on his play of the same name
With Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Sam Shepard, Benedict Cumberbatch
A film treatment of the award winning play about a complex and distressed family from Oklahoma that comes together unexpectedly.
Movies
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Film (2013)
Directed by Justin Chadwick
Based on Nelson Mandela’s autobiography,
Long Walk to Freedom
With Idris Elba, Naomie Harris
An historically comprehensive biopic – somewhat short on poetry – detailing the life and career of the great South African freedom fighter.
The Wolf of Wall Street
Film (2013)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by Terence Winter
Based on a book by Jordan Belfort
With Leonardo DiCaprio,
Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie,
Matthew McConaughey,
Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner
A raw, crude, racy, and very funny telling of the rise and fall of a crooked 1990s Wall Street phenom.
Inside Llewyn Davis
Film (2013)
Written and directed by
Joel and Ethan Coen
A portrait of a talented but not very successful folk singer in New York City in the early 1960s – loosely based on a memoir by Dave Van Ronk – with a touch of drama and lots of great songs.
American Hustle
Film (2013)
Directed by David O. Russell
With Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence
A pretty good comedic thriller based on the Abscam scandal of the 1970s in which several members of Congress were caught taking bribes.