“A Crime Against Cinema”: four years ago, a near-perfect Western arrived with no fanfare, a baffling Rotten Tomatoes score, and a Marvel star shattering every expectation — only to be ignored completely. Now, as Westerns surge back into the spotlight, viewers are finally realizing what they missed… and why this film may be the genre’s most painful oversight.
After years of playing hayseeds, he goes deeper in a Western that’s like a minimalist “Unforgiven.” Tim Blake Nelson is a highly skilled and versatile actor (not to mention a terrific director), but for years now there has been one character he owns: the yokel, the snaggletoothed redneck runt, the leering hillbilly bumpkin who never met … Read more