Don't Come Knocking review in The Washington Times

Clearly, you haven’t seen enough of these self-promoting posts this week, because I’m at it again. The Washington Times has my review of Wim Wenders newest movie, Don’t Come Knocking. Scripted by and starring playwright Sam Shepard, it’s a sweet, if somewhat imperfect, tale of a disconnected man finding stability in home and family. Try a free sample, sir?

"Don't Come Knocking" is the latest in a series of small, understated movies about the late-life crises of disconnected men. Directed by Wim Wenders from a script by playwright Sam Shepard (who also stars), it's an ornery sibling to the blooming genre of male-angst movies such as "Broken Flowers" and "Lost in Translation," in which supposedly successful men must come to grips with the disappointments of their lives. But where those films pondered life's uncertainties and found little in the way of hope, "Don't Come Knocking" offers a vision of home and family as truly satisfying alternatives to the empty fantasies of mainstream success.

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