With great verve, Dead Man’s Wire director Gus Van Sant and writer Austin Kolodney bring to life the true story of Tony Kritsis (Bill Skarsgård), a disgruntled individual who kidnapped Dick Hall ...

Dramatizing an odd news item from 1977, Gus Van Sant’s crime film isn’t crazy enough. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an ...

The thriller "Dead Man's Wire" dramatizes a real hostage incident from the 1970s. Critic Bob Mondello says director Gus Van Sant's film seems to speak across the decades. BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: On ...

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DACRE MONTGOMERY: (As Dick Hall) Tony, what is this? BILL SKARSGARD: (As Tony Kiritsis) This here, Dick, is a dead man's wire if you faint, stumble or try to run. There it is. There it is. Look, this ...

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This weekend, a plethora of new movies on VOD have arrived. You can check out the thrilling crime drama that’s based on a true story, Dead Man’s Wire, or The Voice of Hind Rajab, the Oscar-nominated ...

Indianapolis is about to see one of its most infamous moments on the silver screen. "Dead Man's Wire," a movie about real-estate developer Tony Kiritsis' 1977 kidnapping of mortgage company brass ...

The recent trend of movies set in the past but still within living memory is a natural effort to find out how the hell we got here, but I discern another underlying motive: to show life before social ...

Gus Van Sant's new film takes us back to a true story from the 1970s that echoes into today. February 8, 1977, an Indianapolis man named Tony Kiritsis takes Dick Hall hostage. Now Hall is a broker at ...