The Road (2009)

The Road (2009) — John Hillcoat’s previous film The Proposition was compared to the novels of Cormac McCarthy: a taciturn western with a bleak tone and intense violence.  Fitting then that Hillcoat’s second film is from a Cormac McCarthy novel.  Not a western, but definitely bleak and violent.  The post-apocalyptic setting of The Road really … Continue reading