Film Reviews The Proposition (2006) John Hillcoat's violent Australian Western plays like an audition for the job that he ended up winning: He would soon direct the big-screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road.
On Movies & Media The New Yorker's Anthony Lane on Nick Cave's "The Proposition" Anthony Lane: ... “The Proposition,” in its morality as well as in its geography, is not just basic but Biblical. Directed by John Hillcoat, it shows humanity striving for a New Testament way of life with a Cain-and-Abel drama on the doorstep.
Looking Elsewhere Specials: Proposition review. Good Night review. And more on Emily Rose. Today's specials: GUY PEARCE GETS DUSTY A review of Nick Cave's The Proposition is up at Twitch. And it sounds like a must-see! GEORGE CLOONEY GETS ARTSY David Poland on Good Night, and Good Luck, the new film by George Clooney. He's impressed. GREYDANUS
