Viewer Guide: “Tender Mercies” and “Winter’s Bone”

REEL 13 CLASSIC | TENDER MERCIES Tonight’s classic is Tender Mercies, the 1983 drama from a screenplay by Horton Foote, and directed by Bruce Beresford. In his first Oscar-winning performance—after three prior nominations—Robert Duvall stars as Mac Sledge, a man who seems to be in the final stage of losing his battle ...