What kind of character do you suppose would top the American moviegoing public’s list of hardest to sympathize with? Not far down from “Islamic terrorist,” I suspect, would be the protagonist of Nicole Kassell’s gritty and disturbing debut film, The Woodsman-a character so universally loathed that portraying him constitutes an act of cinematic courage (...)
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The Woodsman
The Woodsman
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