Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel star in the movie "News of the World." (CNS photo/Universal)
A family-friendly American Western is not what most audiences have come to expect from director Paul Greengrass. The English-born Academy Award nominee is best known for focusing his camera on the darker parts of humanity, including the pirate hijacking of the
Maersk Alabama in “Captain Phillips” and the September 11th terrorist attacks in “United 93.” But with his latest film, “News of the World,” which has just been nominated for two Golden Globes, Mr. Greengrass has teamed up with Tom Hanks once again for a 19th-century road trip that exposes our past discord and offers examples for today.