Joe the King
First screened in August 2020
Director: Frank Whaley. Cast: Noah Fleiss, Max Ligosh, Val Kilmer, Karen Young, Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Richard Bright, Amy Wright, James Costa, Peter Tambakis, Camryn Manheim, Austin Pendleton, Robert Whaley, Raymond De Felitta, Jenny Robertson, Harlee Ott, Kate Mara, Rachel Miner. Screenplay: Frank Whaley. Twitter Capsule:
Performances and image-making range in quality, but I admired its cumulative structure and its unsentimental empathy.
VOR:③
Not every beat in this wayward-youth drama feels fresh, but Whaley captures a lot of detail and texture and doesn't exaggerate the stakes.
