‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Review: Bill Skarsgård fights the system in this tense, offbeat thriller

Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Austin Kolodney, Dead Man’s Wire is based off the documentary Dead Man’s Line.

‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Review: When the Action Is Razor Thin

For “Dead Man’s Wire,” Gus Van Sant appears to have proceeded from the notion that somebody ought to make a 1970s-style crime ...
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‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Sees Gus Van Sant Tackling an Odd But True Crime Tale

Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery and Cary Elwes star in the real-life story of Tony Kiritsis, who harbored a serious grudge ...

Movie Review: A real-life ’70s hostage drama crackles in Gus Van Sant’s ‘Dead Man’s Wire’

In February 1977, Tony Kiritsis walked into the Meridian Mortgage Company in downtown Indianapolis and took one of its ...

'Dead Man's Wire' review: Gus Van Sant's burn-it-all-down crime film has sympathy for the kidnapper

Bill Skarsgård stars as an aggrieved antihero who takes his mortgage broker hostage in a pleasingly punchy ‘70s throwback that struggles to maintain momentum.

Film reviews: ‘No Other Choice,’ ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ and ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’

A victim of downsizing turns murderous, an angry Indiana man takes a lender hostage, and a portrait of family by way of three ...

Dead Man's Wire, in theaters nationwide, is getting local attention

The box office is open for Dead Man's Wire, a movie filmed in Louisville that hits theaters nationwide this weekend. The film ...

‘Dead Man’s Wire’ faithfully recreates a TV hostage standoff but avoids the messy why

Gus Van Sant continues the mass-media-meets-violence conversation of 'To Die For,' but doesn't have much to say about this ...