Cold in July
First screened in June 2014
Director: Jim Mickle. Cast: Michael C. Hall, Vinessa Shaw, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson, Wyatt Russell, Nick Damici, Brogan Hall, Ken Holmes, Joseph Harrell, Brianda Agramonte. Screenplay: Jim Mickle and Nick Damici (based on the novel by Joe R. Lansdale). Twitter Capsule:
Pure narrative guessing game, then something more interesting, then something less. Blue Ruin does this stuff better.
VOR:②
Some promise in scene-construction, but little new to offer. Disheartening reliance on graphic sexual violence as plot point. Has strong champions, though.
