For “Dead Man’s Wire,” Gus Van Sant appears to have proceeded from the notion that somebody ought to make a 1970s-style crime ...

Dead Man's Wire' is a welcome return for Gus Van Sant, thanks largely to a delightfully gonzo performance from Bill Skarsgård ...

Bill Skarsgård stars as an aggrieved antihero who takes his mortgage broker hostage in a pleasingly punchy ‘70s throwback ...

It plays a little loose with facts but the righteous rage of “Dog Day Afternoon” is present enough in Gus Van Sant’s “Dead ...

The year was 1977, and the month was February, so you know what that means: Ralph Bakshi’s awesome animated epic “Wizards” was in theaters, and all was right with the world. Except of course in ...

This review was originally published on September 2, 2025 out of the Venice International Film Festival. Dead Man’s Wire is now in theaters. Dead Man’s Wire sticks generally to the facts in its ...

A regular American screwed over by bloodsucking moneymen strikes back in this fact-based crime thriller, also starring Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo and Al Pacino. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic ...

The movie totally plays in a hair-trigger way, yet one can question how Van Sant has tweaked the facts. It was “Dog Day Afternoon” in miniature, though with more loony-tunes firepower. On Feb. 8, 1977 ...

Gus Van Sant returns to the Venice Film Festival for the first time in more than 30 years with an out of competition entry Dead Man’s Wire, which literally looks ripped from the headlines. That is ...