Frank Sheeran Archives

Frank Sheeran's story is a meditation on mortality and the costs of a lifetime of violence and murder Does  the "true story" being a lie undermine that thesis? Or are we happy to see a good story told in a good movie? Whether or not Sheeran killed Jimmy Hoffa in real life isn't actually the[...]

Based on the Charles Brandt novel "I Heard You Paint Houses" and adapted for the screen by Steven Zaillian, the film follows the life of World War II-veteran-turned mob hitman Frank Sheeran (DeNiro), who remembers his relationship to his close friend and labor union activist and Teamsters founder Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino). The Irishman spans decades chronicling[...]