I mean, I absolutely hate it that I can never sleep through the night, that at best I manage five hours of fractured sleep beset with disturbing dreams (to manage even this I spend 9-10 hours in bed). Not ideal. BUT every now and then I go… well hey if I hadn’t been wide awake at 3AM I wouldn’t have seen someone’s Twitter post about Lone Star!

That sent me back a few years and the next day I immediately looked for this film because not only were John Sayles and Jim Jarmusch my fave directors in the 90s I suddenly NEEDED to see Lone Star again. And oh my god it not only didn’t disappoint but I was left feeling both uplifted and bereft… where did all the filmmakers go?

As for Lone Star… fucking stellar cast, honest writing, great story-telling… a character driven film that leaves you caring so much about the “heroes” and just loving the whole experience. I rented it on Amazon Prime, maybe it’s available elsewhere, but SO worth checking out.