Ben Affleck’s ‘Live By Night’ Is a Lax Effort at Making Sense of Complex Ideas
Ben Affleck’s Live by Night is good at era-appropriate garb, but its adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s story lacks sizzle and scope.
Dennis Lehane
‘Shutter Island’: The Fragile Intersection Between Sanity and Insanity
Martin Scorsese’s feature film adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel Shutter Island delivers the kinds of cinematic references one has come to expect from the exceptionally film-literate director.