If you had an AAU ranking, you were invited to wear blue and gold T-shirts and warm-ups emblazoned with "Foxcatcher," the title he'd give his estate. John E. du Pont was his name. He was a direct descendant of E. I. du Pont, who founded a gunpowder
Thanks to the heated news and awards attention it has received in recent weeks, it's unlikely that anyone will find themselves watching Foxcatcher without a working knowledge of its headline-grabbing background. Yet when I first saw this strange and
Foxcatcher is another Rocky, no? not quite. Set in the late 1980s, this inspired-by-a-true story drama is a sinister tale that plays like a chamber- of-horrors version of the inspirational sports movie: every trope (the loveable coach, the gutsy
“Foxcatcher's scenes are mostly straight out of my book (except a few),” Schultz tweeted on Monday. “But the relationships and personalities are complete fiction. They're based on a kernel of truth but not much more than that.
Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher, which nervily pitches the stars of 21 Jump Street and The 40-Year-Old Virgin four-square at the Oscar voters, features so much admirable acting, writing and film-making that I wonder why it left me