Blaze

Dickey looks like a big, shaggy dog with a wounded paw who's been left out in the rain overnight. And he's a real revelation.

A songwriter making his major acting debut, Dickey captures the burly, vulnerable quality of Foley's lyrics and vocal delivery, creating a palpable sense that the songs were excavated from the darkest corners of his soul.

Hawke is more fascinated with passion than profile. And here, that's more than enough.

Director Ethan Hawke does the memory of Blues singer/songwriter Blaze Foley justice in this transfixing biopic. The life of a troubadour is always a difficult one. Blaze Foley was up to the challenge.