Written and directed by an Oscar winner, the film has a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 26 March) is The Rider, the acclaimed 2017 Western drama from Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao (Nomadland).
Written and directed by Zhao and described as a contemporary Western, the film centres around a young cowboy named Brady Blackburn (played by Brady Jandreau) as he searches for a new purpose after a riding accident leaves him unable to compete on the rodeo circuit.
Loosely based on Jandreau’s real-life, Zhao made The Rider on a micro-budget – with the movie’s cast full of non-professional actors playing fictionalised versions of themselves.
The Western wound up being a major success – grossing over $4 million at the box-office and earning a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The movie’s powerful story, Jandreau’s lead performance and the film’s beautiful vistas were singled out for particular praise.
The Rider is airing on TV on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning at 1.35am on Film4. It is also available to rent on Apple TV, the Sky Store and Volta.
Check out its trailer right here:
Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:
Olympus Has Fallen – Film4 – 9pm
Gerard Butler must defend The White House from terrorists in this solid action flick.
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life – ITV4 – 9pm
The 1983 cult sketch comedy film.
Police Academy 2: The First Assignment – Comedy Central – 9pm
The second entry in the long running cop-comedy series.
Killerman – Legend – 9pm
Liam Hemsworth headlines this 2019 action crime movie which earned mixed reviews from critics.
Nobody – RTÉ2 – 9.30pm
One of the best action movies of recent years, which we’ve recommended before.
Mojave – Legend – 11.10pm
From the writer of The Departed comes this odd thriller about a cat-and-mouse game between a troubled Hollywood film director (Garrett Hedlund) and a homicidal drifter (Oscar Isaac) that he meets in the desert.
Paranormal Activity – Legend Xtra – 11.15pm
Things go bump in the night in this micro-budget found footage horror that wound up being a smash hit and launching a franchise.
The Girl in the Spider’s Web – Film4 – 11.20pm
The worst of the Dragon Tattoo movies to date.
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