As fearsome a serial killer may be in a small town, it may be no worse than a cop's personal issues in the "Thunder Road" director's smart and subversive twist on horror.
Capturing a time of transition for its director and its lead character, the latest film from "Sideways" filmmaker Alexander Payne is a relaxed yet moving look at a father who must bond with his daughters over the impending death of his wife just as he discovers she was having an affair.
The writer/director talks about her deeply moving family drama in which a parent's destabilizing disease gives way to competing and complex demonstrations of love.
The writer/director talks about his transfixing, down-and-dirty L.A. detective story starring John Hawkes told in five single takes.
