Caught Stealing

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"Caught Stealing is the kind of cinema that provokes reactions. Darren Aronofsky once again demonstrates that he's a master of creating experiences that don't digest easily and continue to echo long after the credits roll.

Austin Butler delivers an unforgettable performance, charged with magnetism and intensity, capable of elevating every scene to a rare level of authenticity. While some narrative choices are less satisfying, they don't diminish the value of a film that remains an emotionally devastating, compelling journey into the heart of a man torn apart by life.

It's an imperfect but powerful story, one that deserves to be seen and discussed with the sam...

When filmmakers seek to stretch their creative juices by working on projects that arent typical of their normal output, they need to get their ducks in a row first if they hope to succeed in these new ventures. In tackling such productions, some have brilliantly broadened their ranges, while others have regrettably failed miserably. Rarely, however, do they fall somewhere in the middle, but such is the case with director Darren Aronofskys latest, a comedy/crime thriller that gets some things right and others not so much. Set in 1998, the picture follows the story of a once-promising baseball prospect, Hank Thompson (Austin Butler), whose chances of going pro were ruined by a severe knee injury, forcing him to settle for a routine job as a N...

When Russ (Matt Smith) asks his bartending, hard-living, pal Hank (Austin Butler) to mind his cat whilst he returns to London to look after his sickening dad, hes narked but agrees. Little does he realise that Russ has been involved with some neer-do-wells in the city and so fairly swiftly Hank is having to develop an whole new pain threshold as first the Russians, then the Hebrews lay into him. The cops are soon involved and his paramedic girlfriend Yvonne (Zoë Kravitz) has to find new ways of stitching a wound - and all for what? Hank hasnt a clue who they are, what they want, or where what they want might actually be? Its only when the spikey-haired British geezer makes a reappearance that things might start to make some sense - but I wo...