A 'Hunting' We Will Go

Richard Shepard's directorial career would make a great movie. The neophyte auteur brought us "The Linguni Incident" in 1991 with David Bowie and Rosanna Arquette. It made "Ishtar" look like a screaming success. He went away, licked his wounds, then shot a few micro-budgeted films for cable. Those pictures gave him enough professional traction to get "The Matador" off the ground. That 2005 buddy dramedy, starring Pierce Brosnan as a conflicted hit man, proved Shepard's growth as an artist (even if few people saw the film). Now, Shepard makes good on his potential with "The Hunting Party," a piercing comedy about the hunt for a Bosnian war criminal. Here's my take on his new effort.