Lone Star
Dir: John Sayles
1996
****
Lone Star is a contemporary Western of the highest calibre. The story covers four decades and weaves in and out of the lives of certain characters who have lived in a small town on the Mexican boarder. It's essentially a no-mans land full of people trying to attain their identities in a Town unsure of its own. It's very subtle but brilliantly handled with a 'who dunnit' crime investigation holding everything together. It's got every element a great film needs to have; Character development, great performances, good story and it has something to say. You can't go wrong with a John Sayles film.