Derek Cianfrance

The thunder and the fury of The Place Beyond the Pines

By Gayle Sequeira

A decade since its release, Derek Cianfrance's thriller about the intersecting lives of two young men in small-town America still stings.

The Light Between Oceans

By David Jenkins

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander get hit by a deluge of Emotion in Derek Cianfrance’s period melodrama.

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The Light Between Oceans – first look review

By David Jenkins

The star-spangled tag team of Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander can’t save this ludicrous period weepie.

The Place Beyond the Pines

By Adam Woodward

Ryan Gosling puts the pedal to the metal (again) in this over-reaching melodrama from the director of Blue Valentine.

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