Neil LaBute doesn’t get the credit he deserves these days. While he attained acclaim as an occasional enfant terrible in the ’90s for writing and directing dark dramedies In the Company of Men and Your Friends and Neighbors, after his masterful film Nurse Betty, LaBute became less synonymous with the great American indie scene of the ’90s and the sophisticated films directors like Stillman, Soderbergh, and Linklater would make. LaBute’s trajectory was a bit different, oscillating from theater to television, from surprising horror project to thoughtful drama, like some soft and quiet pinball machine.
Read More The great Neil LaBute continues his turn to horror with Fear the Night, a ‘protect the castle’ thriller starring Maggie Q, which now has a trailer.