Sissy Spacek Articles

AFFLICTION (1998) Direction: Paul Schrader Cast: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt, Jim True, Marian Seldes Screenplay: Paul Schrader; from Russell Banks’ novel Oscar Movies Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Sissy Spacek, Affliction Set in a snowy New England town, Affliction could have been an excellent depiction of a dysfunctional family’s cycle of violence and how that is affected [...]

JFK Review: Part I The same cannot be said of Kevin Costner and Jim Garrison, who look about as similar as a camel and a platypus. Even so, that doesn’t prevent Costner (right, with Donald Sutherland) from reaching a career apex as a tough and world-weary Mr. Smith who goes to Washington not to eulogize Lincoln or the country’s Founding Fathers, but to learn about [...]

JFK (1991) Direction: Oliver Stone Cast: Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Laurie Metcalf, Jack Lemmon, Sally Kirkland, Jay O. Sanders, Edward Asner, Walter Matthau, Vincent D’Onofrio, Michael Rooker, John Candy, Donald Sutherland Screenplay: Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar; from Jim Marrs’ book Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy and Jim Garrison’s book On the Trail of the Assassins [...]

Justin Timberlake, Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network David Fincher’s The Social Network was the shocking Best Film winner at the Houston Film Critics Society Awards, announced today. Fincher was named Best Director, Aaron Sorkin was the author of the Best Screenplay, and Jesse Eisenberg was the year’s Best Actor for his portrayal of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. [List of Houston Film Critics' winners.] More interesting, [...]