Director Gus Van Sant (Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho) adds provocative layers of meaning to this darkly funny examination of suburban sociopathy that hits all the noir trademarks. The all-American obsession with celebrity turns monstrous in this deliciously subversive (and disturbingly prescient) satire of our television-mediated, true-crime-obsessed age. In a career breakthrough, Nicole Kidman delivers a diabolical deconstruction of the girl next door as a local TV weather reporter whose perfectly perky facade belies a murderous heart, as her ruthless pursuit of fame ensnares three disaffected teens in a sordid, tabloid-ready scandal. Van Sant deftly deploys shifting perspectives, faux-documentary interviews, and a supporting cast featuring Joaquin Phoenix (in the role that put him on the map), Matt Dillon, and Casey Affleck.

Restored in 4K by Sony Pictures Entertainment. 4K scanning and digital image restoration by Prasad, Hollywood, of the 35mm Picture Negative. Audio restoration by BluWave Audio, with 5.1 created at Post Media Center, Sony Pictures Studios. Color grading, conforming, 4K DCP completed at Motion Picture Imaging with colorist Sheri Eisenberg, and approved by cinematographer Eric Alan Edwards.  Restoration supervised by Grover Crisp.