The Keeping Room review -- unusual revisionist western

The term "revisionist western" has been overused lately. However, this blend of slow-burning frontier feminism and taut home invasion thriller is probably the most authentically unorthodox take on the genre you will see for a while. British director [Daniel Barber] (Harry Brown) takes his...

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Published inThe Observer (London)
Main Author Ide, Wendy
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Guardian News & Media Limited 19.06.2016
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Barber, Daniel
Marling, Brit
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Summary:The term "revisionist western" has been overused lately. However, this blend of slow-burning frontier feminism and taut home invasion thriller is probably the most authentically unorthodox take on the genre you will see for a while. British director [Daniel Barber] (Harry Brown) takes his time sketching the world inhabited by three southern women who live together towards the end of the American civil war.
ISSN:0029-7712