In Johnny Flynn, John C. Reilly Starrer ‘A Prayer for the Dying,’ Dara Van Dusen Takes on Epidemics, Wildfires and Immigrants That ‘Built’ the U.S.

Despite its setting in 1870s Wisconsin, Dara Van Dusen’s feature debut, “A Prayer for the Dying,” is an eerily timely story touching on deadly epidemics and wildfires. The film bows in Berlin’s Perspectives section. “I’ve been working on this film for over a decade and it’s based on a book [by Stewart O’Nan] published in 1999. Then […]