tracy letts – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 Valerie Kalfrin A House of Dynamite, Greta Lee, Idris Elba, jared harris, kathryn bigelow, netflix, Noah Oppenheim, political thriller, rebecca ferguson, tracy letts, Volker Bertelmann

The lunacy out of Washington, DC, on any given day can overshadow the men and women who watch the skies in remote bases and secure spaces, monitoring our nation’s defenses around the clock. A House of Dynamite is a potent reminder. Now streaming on Netflix, this political thriller races through what happens after a missile arcs toward the United States, leaving just precious minutes to determine how to respond. It’s an intense and draining watch—and a larger existential story about the senselessness of it all.

Reviews

ERIC LARUE – Review by Betsy Pickle

April 1, 2025April 2, 2025 Betsy Pickle Alexander Skarsgård, Annie Parisse, Brett Neveu, Eric LaRue, Jennifer Engstrom, Judy Greer, Kate Arrington, Michael Shannon, Nation Sage Henrikson, tracy letts

It’s no surprise that actor Michael Shannon’s feature-directing debut is filled with exceptional performances. Shannon is one of the most striking actors of our time, and the cast of Eric LaRue collectively elicits goosebumps throughout the length of the film. Eric LaRue is about the effect on the secondary victims of a small-town school shooting – not the three boys who were murdered but their mothers, and especially on the mother of the shooter, Janice LaRue (Judy Greer). Months after the event, Janice is a shell of a human, barely communicating with her husband, Ron (Alexander Skarsgard), and avoiding contact with other people as best she can.

Interviews

Tracy Letts chats Chicago, Writing and FORD V FERARRI – Sarah Knight Adamson interviews

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Sarah Knight Adamson 0 Comments chicago, ford v ferarri, little women, pulitzer prize, tracy letts

Tracy Letts, currently starring in two highly acclaimed award-contending films — James Mangold’s Ford vs Fararri and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, chats about his Chicago theater roots, his writing process, his admiration of Greta Gerwig and why everyone should see Ford v Ferrari on the big screen.

Reviews

LITTLE WOMEN – Review by Susan Granger

December 18, 2019December 21, 2019 Susan Granger 0 Comments emma watson, florence pugh, greta gerwig, Laura Dern, little women, meryl streep, saoirse ronan, tracy letts

Since Greta Gerwig’s Ladybird was one of my 2017 favorites, I had high hopes for her version of Louisa Mae Alcott’s classic story, but she butchers it! Rather than relate it chronologically, Gerwig shuffles, subverts and skips pivotal scenes, except for the opening Christmas letter from Father and the wryly romantic conclusion.