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David Strathairn

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Return of the Secaucus 7Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre
In his feature debut, writer–director John Sayles demonstrates a wisdom way beyond his years with this ‘do–it–yourself’…
LovesickLovesick (1983)
Dir. Marshall Brickman
Feat. Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Guinness
A psychiatrist who falls in love with a patient is visited by the spirit of Sigmund Freud, who gives him advice on how to handle it.
IcemanIceman (1984)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, Josef Sommer
Arctic explorers discover the body of a prehistoric man who is still alive in this enjoyable piece of sci–fi hokum, with John Lone giving a…
Eight Men OutEight Men Out (1989)
Dir. John Sayles
Feat. John Cusack, Michael Rooker, Christopher Lloyd
True story of the Chicago White Sox baseball team who conspired with gamblers to lose the World Series in 1919. Finely detailed topical drama with an…
SneakersSneakers (1992) Aro Favourite
Dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Feat. Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Sidney Poitier
This reworks the spy–caper genre to dazzling effect as an endearing team of security crackpots attempt to outwit bad egg Ben Kingsley whose…
Passion FishPassion Fish (1992) Recommended
Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Mary MacDonnell, Alfre Woodard, David Strathairn
After a debilitating accident, soap–opera super–bitch Mary MacDonnell returns to Louisiana and finds an unlikely soulmate in her black…
Dangerous Woman, ADangerous Woman, A (1994)
Dir. Steven Gyllenhaal
Feat. Debra Winger, Gabriel Byrne, Barbara Hershey
Debra Winger gives her most impressive performance yet as a simple woman whose compulsive honesty wins her few friends. Reminiscent of the plays of…
River Wild, TheRiver Wild, The (1994)
Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Meryl Streep, Joseph Mazzello, David Strathairn
Troubled marrieds Meryl Streep and David Strathairn embark on a river–rafting holiday with son and dog in tow, but in true DELIVERANCE style,…
Losing IsaiahLosing Isaiah (1995)
Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Feat. Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn
Jessica Lange plays an adoptive mother who gives an abandoned black child a new chance at life, but the birth mother (Halle Berry) has cleaned up her…
Dolores ClaiborneDolores Claiborne (1995) Recommended
Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt
After MISERY, this non–supernatural Stephen King adaptation displays yet another facet of Kathy Bates multiple screen personas – here she…
L.A. ConfidentialL.A. Confidential (1997) Recommended
Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey
Slam–bang adaptation preserves the lacerating edge of James Ellroy's crime novel while polishing up the sheen of 50s Hollywood. Antipodean boys…
LimboLimbo (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Sayles
Feat. David Strathairn, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
John Sayles, the doyen of American independents, succeeds all Johnny–Come–Lately's with an arresting, multi–layered fable that…
A Map of the WorldA Map of the World (1999)
Dir. Scott Elliot
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn
A somewhat overlooked drama with Weaver giving a tour–de–force performance as a slightly prickly woman, uncomfortable with her life, who…
Harrison's FlowersHarrison's Flowers (2000)
Dir. Elie Chouraqui
Feat. Andie MacDowell, David Strathairn, Adrien Brody
Andie MacDowell searches for her photojournalist husband (David Strathairn), presumed dead in the 1991 Serbian siege of Vukovar, with the aid of…
Blue CarBlue Car (2002) Recommended
Dir. Karen Moncrieff
Feat. Agnes Bruckner, David Strathairn
A rites–of–passage drama of distinction, this is realistic and affecting in its account of a high–school student whose flair for…
Relative EvilRelative Evil (Ball in the House) (2002) Recommended
Dir. Tanya Wexler
Feat. Jonathan Tucker, Jennifer Tilly, David Strathairn
Deceptively marketed as a kind of "wicked stepmother" thriller, this is instead a well–constructed, paranoid black comedy about a teenage…
TwistedTwisted (2004)
Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia
Judd plays a detective hunting a serial killer on the San Francisco waterfront in this overly shadowy thriller. It's chief distinction occurs when…
Good Night, and Good LuckGood Night, and Good Luck (2004) Recommended
Dir. George Clooney
Feat. George Clooney, Robert Downey Jnr., Patricia Clarkson
An astutely–judged freezeframe of an important symbolic moment in 20th century American history, when CBS television presenter Edward Murrow…
Missing In AmericaMissing In America (2005)
Dir. Gabrielle Savage Dockterman
Feat. Danny Glover, David Strathairn, Ron Perlman
Set around a "bush vet", a reclusive Vietnam veteran (Glover) who lives in the lonely pine forests of Washington State, this solid drama takes an…
Notorious Bettie Page, TheNotorious Bettie Page, The (2005) Recommended
Dir. Mary Harron
Feat. Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor, David Strathairn
Perfectly–cast and perfectly shaped, Gretchen Mol busts out as the 'notorious' Bettie Page, giving body and soul to the pin–up queen’s…
We Are MarshallWe Are Marshall (2006)
Dir. McG
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, David Strathairn
Sport biopic centered around the 1970 plane crash that killed much of the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team and their coaches and…
Bourne Ultimatum, TheBourne Ultimatum, The (2007) Recommended
Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Édgar Ramírez
Quality white–knuckle thrills–and–spills flick concludes the Bourne trilogy – and our super–spook hero’s (Damon)…
FractureFracture (2007)
Dir. Gregory Hoblit
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn
A you–know–whodunnit legal psychodrama with Anthony Hopkins as a wealthy businessman who shoots his wife dead, then plays a cruel (if…
My Blueberry NightsMy Blueberry Nights (2007)
Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
Feat. Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn
Urban romantic Wong Kar–wai transposes the style and erstwhile longing of his Hong Kong mood pieces to the United States, with songbird Norah…
Spiderwick Chronicles, TheSpiderwick Chronicles, The (2008) Recommended
Dir. Mark Waters
Feat. Freddie Highmore, Nick Nolte, Sarah Bolger
Enchanting fantasia in the Gothic tradition, centred around three children (including Freddie Highmore as twins!) who move into a dilapidated mansion…
Uninvited, TheUninvited, The (2009)
Dir. Charles Guard, Thomas Guard
Feat. Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn
Not–as–bad–as–you'd–think American remake of Korean chiller A TALE OF TWO SISTERS focuses on two sisters who discover…
Cold SoulsCold Souls (2009)
Dir. Sophie Barthes
Feat. Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Lauren Ambrose
A existentialist tragi–comedy in which Paul Giamatti plays himself, a New York actor in crisis, who literally has his soul extracted, only to…
HowlHowl (2010) Recommended
Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Feat. James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm
A fitting celebration and account of the making and hostile reception of Allen Ginsberg's famously controversial poem, with James Franco superb as…
Tempest, TheTempest, The (2010)
Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou
Julie Taymor takes on The Bard once more with distinctly eye–popping results, and in a further deviation gives Helen Mirren the role of…
Temple GrandinTemple Grandin (2010) Recommended
Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Claire Danes, Catherine O'Hara, Julia Ormond
Claire Danes sensitively portrays the life of a revered animal doctor whose revolutionary practices for the humane handling of livestock on farms…
Whistleblower, TheWhistleblower, The (2010)
Dir. Larysa Kondracki
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci
Uncompromising drama with Rachel Weisz as an American cop whose stint as a Bosnian peacekeeper exposes her to a human trafficking ring run from…
Alphas (TV Series)Alphas (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. David Strathairn, Ryan Cartwright, Warren Christie
David Strathairn leads this X–MEN–esque series about a group of people with superhuman powers – known as "alphas" – who are…
Hemingway & GellhornHemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen, David Strathairn
Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman spar in this highly mannered HBO biopic of famed war correspondent Martha Gellhorn's rocky romance with literary giant…
LincolnLincoln (2012)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn
Daniel Day–Lewis portrays the famed U.S. President between 1861 and 1865 as he dealt with personal demons and politics during the Civil War in…
GodzillaGodzilla (2014)
Dir. Gareth Edwards
Feat. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen
The mighty Godzilla returns to the big screen in this thrilling new treatment from MONSTERS director Gareth Edwards.
Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, TheSecond Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The (2015)
Dir. John Madden
Feat. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy
Sequel to the unlikely hit comedy has the Marigold's proprietor considering expansion as a rooming predicament arises.
Louder Than BombsLouder Than Bombs (2015)
Dir. Joachim Trier
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert
Ambitious, novelistic family drama with an ensemble of experienced actors playing members of a diverse, non–typical family in turmoil following…
McMafia (TV Series)McMafia (TV Series) (2018)
Feat. James Norton, David Strathairn, Juliet Rylance
Slow–burning crime TV series following the son of a Russian mafia boss who lives in London with his dad, and becomes pulled into the criminal…
NomadlandNomadland (2020) Aro Favourite
Dir. Chloé Zhao
Feat. Frances McDormand, David Strathairn
Frances McDormand offers arguably her greatest performance yet (ahead of a cast of nomadic non–actors) as a woman who leaves her…
Where the Crawdads SingWhere the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Dir. Olivia Newman
Feat. Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor Smith, Harris Dickinson
From the best–selling novel comes a captivating mystery. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself…

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