“Quid pro quo, Clarice.” Jonathan Demme's Academy Award-winning The Silence of the Lambs comes to mind while watching Rupert Goold's legal drama-thriller, True Story. The entire film, starring Jonah Hill and James
Reviewers are of two minds on "True Story," too. Reviewing the movie when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, the Guardian's Jordan Hoffman gave it 3 stars (out of 5), calling it "a film with split personality. The important themes below the
In 1872, 12-year-old Jesse Pomeroy was briefly sent to reform school after brutally attacking several children. After his release, “the Boy Fiend” progressed to murder. A new book takes a look at this unusual case, one of the first to bring the
Actor James Franco from “True Story” poses for a portrait at the Village at the Lift Presented by McDonald's McCafe during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2015 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
The film, directed by Rupert Goold and starring James Franco as Longo and Jonah Hill as Finkel, is based on Finkel's book (full title: True Story: Memoir, Mea Culpa) recounting the case and his personal involvement with his impersonator. Though Finkel