Movie Talk: Native Son, Peterloo, The Highwaymen, and Vice.
Native Son
A young African-American living in Chicago enters into a seductive new world of money and power after becoming a chauffeur for an affluent businessman.
Director: Rashid Johnson
Produced by: Michael Sherman, Matthew Perniciaro
Cast: Ashton Sanders, Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, KiKi Layne, Bill Camp, Sanaa Lathan
Distributor: HBO Films
Release Date: January 24, 2019, (Premieres on HBO 4/6)
Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
Genre: Drama
Peterloo
In 1819, British forces charge on a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester, England, which results in the Peterloo Massacre.
Director: Mike Leigh
Produced by: Georgina Lowe
Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley
Distributor: Entertainment One Films
Release Date: April 5, 2019 (Select Theaters)
Runtime: 2 hour 34 minutes
Genre: Drama, History
The Highwaymen
Former Texas Rangers Frank Hamer and Maney Gault join forces to try and capture notorious outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
Director: John Lee Hancock
Produced by: Casey Silver
Cast: Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Kim Dickens, Thomas Mann, William Sadler
Distributor: Netflix
Release Date: March 10, 2019 (SXSW), March 15, 2019 (United States)
Runtime: 2 hour 12 minutes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Vice
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
Director: Adam McKay
Produced by: Adam McKay, Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Kevin J. Messick
Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Jesse Plemons
Distributor: Annapurna Pictures
Release Date: December 25, 2018
Runtime: 2 hour 12 minutes
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama