John Dahl

Reviews

You Kill Me

An alcoholic hit man is sent to San Francisco by his “family” to achieve sobriety. You Kill Me is another “mobster in therapy” movie, but with a fresh perspective. [19 October 2007]

You Kill Me (2007)

While he's largely unsocialized, having spent so much time alone, murdering people, and, lately, drinking, Frank does evince a weird charm. [25 June 2007]

The Great Raid: The Director’s Cut (2003)

Archive shots of broken, diseased, and starved bodies provide a devastating illustration of the history that drives the film's fictions. [30 January 2006]

The Great Raid (2003)

The relationship between heroism and villainy remains reductive, subjective, and devastatingly predictable. [12 August 2005]