Promised Land

Oscar-winning screenwriter Matt Damon has reunited with his Good Will Hunting director Gus Van Sant on this earnest environmental drama centered on natural gas extraction—aka fracking. Along with co-writer/co-star John Krasinski, Damon puts a human face on a polarizing news story, casting himself as antihero salesman Steve Butler, whose job it is to get struggling landowners to sign their energy rights away. He brings hope to small towns whose way of life is fading, and he believes in his message, having seen his own hometown die with the closing of a Caterpillar plant. “I’m not a bad guy,” he...  read more

Dar Williams: Promised Land

When people describe an artist as underappreciated...  read more