Debra Granik’s third narrative feature, Leave No Trace, is a emotionally powerful film with a breakout performance from actress Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie. We first meet Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie) in their fourth year of living in Forest Park on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. It’s illegal to live in public land but the two of them have gotten away with living in the woods for so long. It’s not…
"Leave No Trace: An Emotionally Powerful Film"Tag: Jeff Kober
Debra Granik’s third narrative feature, Leave No Trace, is a emotionally powerful film to say the least. We first meet Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie) in their fourth year of living in Forest Park. It’s illegal to live in public land but the two of them have gotten away with living on the outskirts of Portland for so long. After Tom gets noticed by someone walking in the woods, it…
"CCFF 2018: Leave No Trace"
Beauty Mark, which recently won a Special Jury Prize for actress Auden Thornton’s breakout performance at the 2017 LA Film Festival, plays tonight as the closing night film at the 2017 Flyover Film Festival in Louisville, Ky. Auden Thornton stars as Angie. She’s struggling with her convenience store job while having to take care of her three-year-old son and deal with an alcoholic mother. As if this isn’t enough, Angie is forced to move upon…
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