Matthew McConghey may have bee a star as a leadg man major-stud films like “A Time to Kill” and “The Weddg Planner,” but the last few years the laid-back Texan has revented and revived his reer wh a strg of sparklg performanc low-budget di: Richard Lklater’s “Bernie,” Steven Sorbergh’s “Magic Mike,” William Friedk’s “Killer Joe,” Jeff Nichols’ “Mud” and now Jean-Marc Vallee’s “Dallas Buyers Club,” which has ma McConghey a strong favore to land a Bt Actor nomatn. The film featur McConghey as Ron Woodroof, a bigoted and homophobic electrician om Texas who ntracted HIV om dg e and beme an unlikely savr for the gay muny he disdaed when he began smugglg unapproved dgs om Mexi to help treat his own illns (and make some money to boot). The movie, one of the last to be released by Foc Featur unr the stewardship of the recently-oted Jam Scham, is sharp, energetic and rough around the edg, wh a skeletal McConghey – who lost almost 40 pounds to play Woodff – makg a thoroughly unlikable but somehow unrstandable anti-hero.