Director Gillo Pontecorvo cast mostly nonprofessional actors in the film, which helped codify the jangly aesthetic of handheld cinematography. Mean Girls (2004)Yes, “Mean Girls.” Lindsay Lohan has never been better than in this frothy teenage coming-of-age comedy. Lone Star (1996)As previously noted, John Sayles is our poet laureate of political cinema. Thirteen Days (2000)When this ticktock of the Cuban missile crisis came out, some observers carped that the role of Kenneth O’Donnell — special assistant and appointments secretary to President John F. Kennedy — was inflated. Bulworth (1998)Warren Beatty wrote, directed and starred in … “Reds,” which is often included on lists of great political films.

Source: Washington Post January 23, 2020 15:33 UTC