The Promised Land

John Hillcoat is directing. Nick Cave is writing. The story follows three brothers at the center of the moonshine trade during the great depression. That is all that needs to be said. It’s definitely at the top of my must see list. If you haven’t already seen the 2005 Hillcoat/Cave masterpiece, The Proposition, you really must. It is one of the most impressive (and brutal) films I’ve ever seen. Hillcoat also recently directed the adaption of Cormac McCarthy’s, The Road, which I hear is getting favorable reviews.