Synopsis

THE MACHINIST is the story of TREVOR REZNIK, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia...

Official Review

When a director has a specific “style” that they can claim as theirs, it makes them that much better, and that much more unique. This is one reason why director Brad Anderson (Session 9) is such a definitive entity in the entertainment business. His latest endeavor, The Machinist (another review), which stars Christian Bale, is a work of art that bleeds Brad Anderson’s personal fingerprints all over it. Although, without Christian Bale’s unsettling and brilliant performance, I don’t think this movie could have ever been complete. …Read More