Martin Scorsese’s <em>Killers of the Flower Moon</em> Is a Triumph
The highly anticipated adaptation of David Grann’s book is extraordinary filmmaking—and a big win for Apple TV+.
nonfiction book is the sprawling story of a criminal investigation undoing a systemic evil. It lays out in riveting detail the mystery of the Osage murders of the 1920s, when dozens of Native Americans were killed in a grand conspiracy to exploit their oil-rich land. Grann digs into the societal phenomenon surrounding the Osage, many of whom became ultra-wealthy after generations of displacement and persecution. But the book’s through line is the federal investigator Tom White,
