Queen and Country

#7 in my ranking of John Boorman's films. John Boorman's final film is the sequel to his earlier film, Hope and Glory, the last of his films that received serious critical and awards consideration, and the only other film of his that's explicitly autobiographical. I'd say that all of his films are somewhat autobiographical at…

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Richard Jewell

#6 in my ranking of Clint Eastwood's films. There's been something interesting evolving through Clint Eastwood's later career in terms of his view of authority. Going all the way back to Dirty Harry, he was looking at a series of institutions that were inept and maybe corrupt, but never malicious. Even Little Bill in Unforgiven…

The Mule

#13 in my ranking of Clint Eastwood's films. Clint Eastwood was done telling stories about real heroes for a bit, and he turned his attention to a role he could pick up himself. His first self-directed acting role since Gran Torino a decade before, this feels like Eastwood finding a story that tickled him and…

The 15:17 to Paris

#35 in my ranking of Clint Eastwood's films. The final installment in Clint Eastwood's unofficial "real heroes" trilogy, The 15:17 to Paris is easily the weakest of the three. Choosing to make an entire feature film out of an event that lasted roughly thirty seconds was a tall order to begin with, but he managed…

Sully

#21 in my ranking of Clint Eastwood's films. The second entry in Clint Eastwood's informal "real heroes" trilogy, Sully tells the story of the Miracle on the Hudson, and it does it in an interesting way. Essentially swapping out its first and second acts, the tale of Captain Chelsey Sullenberger making impossible decisions to safely…