Dec 18th  
The Old Man and the Gun**

(US 2018)                                           
Fox Searchlight/Endgame Entertainment/Conde Nast Entertainment/Sailor Bear/Identity Films. 93m. ws

Adventures of a gentleman thief and multiple bank robber, based on lifelong criminal Forrest Silva Tucker, tailored into a splendidly assured vehicle for the octogenarian Robert Redford with a few nods to his most famous early role in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. While the film is leisurely and overlooks some of its edgier side, it nonetheless comes across as a gloriously matured vintage (in an authentic period 1980s style), and a more benevolent variation on Bonnie and Clyde.

Written and Directed by: David Lowery.
Producers: James D. Stern, David Ostroff, Jeremy Steckler, Anthony Mastromauro, Bill Holderman, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, Robert Redford.
Starring: Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, Tom Waits, Tika Sumpter, Elizabeth Moss, Keith Carradine.
Photography: Joe Anderson.
Music: David Hart.

Preceded by:
Happiness*
(GB 2017. 4m.; The rat race (literally) in animation form, not very subtle but gets its point across with good moments of style.; d: Steve Cutts.)