Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)

This dreamy tale of two young adults in love and in trouble has deserved the several awards it has won. Casey Affleck (last blogged in Tower Heist) and Rooney Mara (before Side Effects I wrote about her in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) are well cast as the outlaw and his lady, with support from Ben Foster (most recently in The Messenger) and Keith Carradine (covered in Cowboys & Aliens) as the lawmen. Director/writer David Lowery is new to me, as is composer Daniel Hart, whose very cool soundtrack can be streamed here. Bradford Young (Pariah) won the Sundance Cinematography award for his beautiful photography. I don't think this one is as jumpy as Pariah, but, frankly, I don't remember, because Jack and I saw it over ten weeks ago. It will be released on DVD this coming December 7.

Fun trivia: the wording of the title is the director's misquotation from song lyrics and has no actual meaning. Somehow it fits with the 1970s Texas setting. Rottentomatoes reviewers average 82% and audiences 70 so you may want to watch this.