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Tommy Lee Jones

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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

For decades, viewers have marveled at the deeply engraved face of actor Tommy Lee Jones. Now, seeing his directorial debut, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, it all makes sense. You’d have extravagant furrows in your brow too if your imagination lived in territory like this. The Three Burials
13 Dec 2007 7 min read
Looking Elsewhere

Specials: Rosenbaum on "Three Burials." Walter on "Crash." And the sequel we've all been waiting for.

Monday specials: "A QUIRKY COWBOY MASTERPIECE" Jonathan Rosenbaum raves about Tommy Lee Jones' directorial debut: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. There are elements in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada that I tend to distrust when they crop up in other movies. There's the
06 Feb 2006 1 min read
On Movies & Media

Cannes 2005 Winners! Dardennes, Jarmusch, and Tommy Lee Jones!

The directors of Rosetta and The Son, two films I dearly love, have just won the coveted Palme D'Or at Cannes for their latest film The Child. America may not know it, the Academy is too narrow-minded to appreciate it, but the Dardennes Brothers are two of the
22 May 2005
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