Search Donate Donorbox Portal

THE THICKET

About the Film

Crime, Drama | 108 MIN | US

Q+A with Director Elliott Lester

Underwritten by Margie + Bryan Weingarten

When fierce bounty hunter Reginald Jones (Peter Dinklage) is recruited by a desperate man to track down a ruthless killer known only as Cutthroat Bill (Juliette Lewis), he rallies a band of unlikely heroes, including a grave-digging ex-slave and a street-smart woman-for-hire. Together, they embark on a perilous quest to track down Cutthroat Bill, which leads them into the deadly “no-man’s-land” known as…The Thicket.

View Screening

Director

Elliott Lester

Written By

Chris Kelly

Produced By

Peter Dinklage, Michael Frislev, Shannon Gaulding, David Ginsberg, Elliott Lester, Gianni Nunnari, Caddy Vanasirikul

With

Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis, Esme Creed-Miles, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Ned Dennehy, James Hetfield, Arliss Howard, Leslie Grace, Macon Blair, David Midthunder

Trailer

Related Films

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (2025) Image

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (2025)

110 MIN

UK, US, Italy, France, Ireland, Germany

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER is Jim Jarmusch’s triptych film exploring strained family dynamics through three observational stories, focusing on adult children reconnecting with or managing their distant parents, delving into themes of memory, loss, and the subtle, often awkward, interactions within families.
Learn More
THE SECRET AGENT (2025) Image

THE SECRET AGENT (2025)

158 MIN

Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany

Amid the raucous revelry of Carnival week, a widower named Marcelo (Wagner Moura) arrives in 1977 in Recife, Brazil, a city as vibrant as it is violent. A technology researcher who suddenly finds himself an unwitting target in the heart of the dictatorship’s political maelstrom, Marcelo is a man on the run from mercenary killers, […]
Learn More
BALTO (1995) Image

BALTO (1995)

78 MIN

US

An outcast Husky risks his life with other sled dogs to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
Learn More
DOWNHILL RACER (1969) Image

DOWNHILL RACER (1969)

101 MIN

US

A taut, stylish portrait of a fiercely ambitious ski racer—filmed partly in Aspen and still electrifying on the big screen. In the film, quietly cocky David Chappellet joins the U.S. ski team as a downhill racer and clashes with the team’s coach, Eugene Claire.  
Learn More

Working to Enlighten, Enrich, Educate, and Entertain Through Film