With the Oscars arriving in April (Sunday, April 25), we’re looking back at films and performances that the Academy missed. “The Apostle” (1997) – Robert Duvall, with over 140 acting credits, sometimes gets behind the camera, and in 1997, he directed, wrote, produced, and starred in “The Apostle”. He plays a Pentecostal preacher, Euliss F. “Sonny” Dewey, a passionate, but also flawed man. He drinks and womanizes, and after a dubious public incident, he’s on the run. It’s one of 1997’s best films, probably just behind “L.A. Confidential”. It wasn’t…
Movie of the Week: ‘The Apostle’
