Killer Joe (movie)

The lure of a Southern drawl at the movies

2013-05-05 09:00:00

"There are things you can get away with in this world, and things you can't." The voice is Matthew McConaughey's, and days after seeing him in "Mud," I can close my eyes and hear him still — a simple line echoing with the mysteries of a man caught...

Depictions of violence in theater: Revelation, not nihilism

2013-02-15 12:00:00

In one of the most infamous scenes in modern drama, a group of young men in a London park stone a baby to death in its carriage. What begins as roughhousing escalates to all-out sadism until a rock is thrown at point blank range, ending the child's...

High hopes, low notes for film world's NC-17 rating

2012-08-18 08:30:00

In the late '80s a thunderbolt of inspiration struck Jack Valenti, longtime chief of the Motion Picture Assn. of America: What if his organization got rid of the X rating, besmirched by years of misappropriation by hard-core exploitation films, and...

Matthew McConaughey's NC-17 'Killer Joe' posts so-so opening

2012-07-29 12:41:00

Did a prohibitive�NC-17�rating stop moviegoers from seeing�"Killer Joe"�at theaters this weekend? Maybe. The film, which stars Matthew McConaughey as a Dallas detective who also kills people for money, debuted in limited release this weekend and...

MPAA: Director to recut 'Chained,' but asks why she needs to

2012-05-03 16:37:47

Being numb to it all no longer big shock

2013-05-17 10:19:00

Sometime in the next few weeks, if you're walking down Fullerton Avenue around DePaul University and have 15 minutes to spare, duck into the tidy brick building alongside the CTA station. Here you will find the DePaul Art Museum, an institution so...

Reel Critics: No gain from watching this 'Pain'

2013-05-02 09:56:00

"Pain & Gain" is loosely based on a true story of bodybuilders gone wild on steroids and cocaine. Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie play the buffed anti-heroes who embark on a bizarre plot of kidnapping for ransom. Operating in the dark...

'Silver Linings Playbook' snags Spirit awards

2013-02-24 05:12:00

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The persistent irony of the Film Independent Spirit Awards is that as much as they're positioned as the DIY antidote to the Academy Awards, the indie film with the most Oscars recognition almost invariably reaps the greatest...

'Seven Psychopaths' is mayhem with a moral core, writer hopes

2012-10-05 08:52:00

Opening next Friday, "Seven Psychopaths" has a title promising a certain amount of spilled blood and bad behavior, and the writer-director Martin McDonagh delivers on the promise. McDonagh notes, however, that his film contains "more dialogue in the midst...

'Killer Joe': Down-and-dirty drama revels in its own sleaze ★★ 1/2

2012-08-02 00:00:00

There's a reason Matthew McConaughey's character wears a black Stetson in "Killer Joe," a self-knowingly sleazy crime drama that's simultaneously repellent and enjoyable. His is no white-hat role, and both he and the movie are the better for it....

Matthew McConaughey's lethally great performance in 'Killer Joe'

2012-07-27 21:55:08

"IF YOU cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you might as well make it dance," said George Bernard Shaw. SOME PEOPLE have said, "Michael Jackson must be spinning in his grave!" what with the recent, tawdry/mysterious incidents surrounding his children,...

'Killer Joe' review: Rotten people doing rotten things

2012-08-02 00:00:00

** (out of four) If “Killer Joe” is about anything—and it barely is—it’s about how a bunch of amoral fools ignore the wishes of the only pure person among them. The NC-17-rated movie’s own crime is being more...

Box office: $431,200 William Friedkin, best known for directing "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist," attempted a comeback with "Killer Joe," an ultra-violent film starring Matthew McConaughey, above, as a hit man hired by a man (Emile Hirsch) to kill his mother for the insurance money.

2012-08-14 12:57:35

NC-17; 1:42 running time "Killer Joe" is set deep in trailer-park territory.

2012-08-02 00:00:00

Matthew McConaughey stars in "Killer Joe."

2012-07-29 11:56:43