Michael Gallagher, Tim Blake Nelson Discuss Cult Drama ‘The Leader’

Michael Gallagher, Tim Blake Nelson Discuss Cult Drama ‘The Leader’

When director Michael Gallagher was eight years old, 39 people died in his neighborhood in San Diego, California. They were the victims of the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult, who died in a coordinated mass suicide timed with the approach of the Comet Hale-Bopp in March of 1997. That event would leave an indelible mark on … Read more

‘The Leader’ Review: Tim Blake Nelson in Creepy Heaven’s Gate Drama

‘The Leader’ Review: Tim Blake Nelson in Creepy Heaven’s Gate Drama

If you look at the history of cults, especially the ones that began to flourish in America in the 1970s, when they’d absorbed a lot of the New Age mystical we’re-all-Jesus let-your-primal-feelings-out messianic psychedelic trappings of the ’60s, you’ll see that almost every cult has two things in common. They’re led by snake-oil gurus who … Read more