Lone Star
Lone Star. 1996. Directed by John Sayles. #26 in my 50 movie challenge for the year. I love watching a film and feeling swept up in the hands of an expert storyteller and skillful director. Lone Star intertwines stories of people in a small town around the theme of prejudice. It’s a mystery, told in the present and the past, with stellar performances. The characterization of a huge number of characters is pulled off gracefully, even as it shows people in all their messy complexity.