Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
First screened in October 2025
Director: Gus Van Sant. Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Tony Greenhand, Beth Ditto, Kim Gordon, Udo Kier, Mark Webber, Ronnie Adrian, Carrie Brownstein, Jack Black, Sunny Suljic. Screenplay: Gus Van Sant (based on the book by John Callahan and an adapted screen story by John Callahan, Gus Van Sant, Jack Gibson, and William Andrew Eatman).

   
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In Brief: Van Sant is well-suited to the quirky-outsider sensibility and to the earnest emotional core.

VOR: ③  More people should see this, for percolating creativity throughout, zesty fillips of style, and careful approaches to recovery and disability.

Grade: B

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