THE ORDER Special Screenings

THE ORDER

Screening to be followed by a conversation with actors Nicholas Hoult and Jurnee Smollett.

In early 1980s Idaho, hard-driving Terry Husk (Jude Law), an FBI agent recently transferred from New York, investigates a string of bank robberies across the Pacific Northwest. The trail leads to the white supremacist Aryan Nations, and a splinter group whose bank-robbing mastermind (Nicholas Hoult) seeks to escalate a race war and overthrow the government. Based on the true story of the neo-Nazi terrorist Bob Matthews, Justin Kurzel’s slow-burn historical thriller makes for a gripping police procedural, particularly because law enforcement is slow to see the patterns or the enormity of the crimes, which also include counterfeiting and the 1984 murder of Denver talk radio host Alan Berg, played by Marc Maron. The recurring presence of the racist, hate-filled novel “The Turner Diaries” at sites investigated by Husk, fellow FBI agent Joanne Carney (Jurnee Smollett) and Coeur d’Alene officer Jamie Bowen (Tye Sheridan) provides an important clue in the case. That this toxic tome has also been linked to multiple murders and insurgencies since then, from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to the January 6, 2021 siege on the U.S. Capitol, further underscores the clear resonance THE ORDER’s story has for the ongoing threat of domestic terrorism in the U.S. today. –Todd Hitchcock

Justin Kurzel is an Australian writer and director. Debuting with the Australian crime drama SNOWTOWN (2011), Kurzel won the AACTA Award for Best Direction. His other notable works include MACBETH (2015), TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG (2019) and NITRAM (2021). He also directed the adaptation of the video game franchise ASSASSIN’S CREED (2016).

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Screenings

October 25, 6:00 p.m.

Chinese 1

Details

Country: USA, UK, Canada

Year: 2024

Director: Justin Kurzel

Screenwriter: Zach Baylin

Producers: Bryan Haas, Stuart Ford, Justin Kurzel, Jude Law

Executive Producers: Miguel A. Palos Jr., Zach Garrett, Anant Tamirisa, Zach Baylin, Kate Susman, Ben Jackson, Stephen Fuss, Alastair Burlingham, Gary Raskin, Jeremy Saulnier, Sean Patrick O’Reilly, Eric Rebalkin

Director of Photography: Adam Arkapaw

Editor: Nick Fenton

Production Designer: Karen Murphy

Costume Designer: Rachel Dainer-Best

Music: Jed Kurzel

Cast/Featuring: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver, Marc Maron

Running Time (minutes): 116

Language: English

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