Dash and Lilly

Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates directed this made-for-cable feature inspired by the true story of one of America's greatest literary couples, Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett. Hellman (Judy Davis) was an award-winning playwright whose successes included +The Children's Hour and +The Little ...more

Even if movies made for television and in particular those made for cable channels have made great strides in approaching historical subjects with some measure of sophistication and thoughtfulness, there are still holdovers from the by-the-numbers school, as evidenced by this treatment of Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman's stormy 30-year relationship. Even two actors as normally nuanced as Sam Shepard and Judy Davis can't seem to add a third dimension to the predictable script by Jerry ...more