Here, the prime suspects include George Nassar and Albert DeSalvo, respectively played by Greg Vrotsos and David Dastmalchian, the latter of whom was an excellent red herring for Hugh Jackman to interrogate in “Prisoners” (2013), a masterpiece of the genre and for my money the best film by director Denis Villeneuve.Ī female filmmaker might have added a fresh spin to stand apart from the “male gaze” of countless past entries. They have a right to hold a grudge after decades of male predators, wondering just how quickly it would become a front-page story if it were men being killed every day. When their editor Jack MacLaine (Chris Cooper) says, “You don’t have a story, you have a grudge,” they fire back, “How many women have to die before it’s a story?” It’s a fair question.
The thematic subtext of “The Boston Strangler” is the extreme misogyny these reporters face. I suppose you could say Jodie Foster worked with Kasi Lemmons to catch Buffalo Bill in “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991), proving that film was way ahead of its time, but examples are rare and recent, such as Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan exposing Harvey Weinstein in the highly underrated “She Said” (2022). It’s refreshing to see two women cracking the case after a century of male detectives from Sam Spade to Philip Marlowe to Jake Gittes.
By the end, they can sit at a bar, raise a glass and not say a word to each other, yet know exactly what the other is thinking. Together, they form a sharp duo of investigative reporters, starting as mere newsroom acquaintances, and then bonding over shared empathy for the victims and outrage over the crimes. Her role in “The Boston Strangler” is inspired casting, combining the mystery of David Fincher’s “Gone Girl” (2014), where she played Ben Affleck’s twin sister, with the journalism of Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” (2017), where she played The Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial editor Meg Greenfield. This time her face tells the story, nervously deciding whether to proceed into the backroom of a suspect’s home or flee out the front the door, then trying to keep her composure when a stranger makes threatening calls to her home.Ĭoon is a formidable screen partner, having carried one of the greatest TV series ever in HBO’s “The Leftovers” (2014-2017).
While best known for action blockbusters like “Pirates of the Caribbean” (2003-2007), Knightley has proven her dramatic chops, earning Oscar nominations for “Pride & Prejudice” (2005) and “The Imitation Game” (2014). Business & Finance Click to expand menu.
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