Tag: Jeff Nichols
2022 Cannes: Vincent Lindon Leads Jury + Jasmine Trinca’s Marcel! Added to Special Screenings
How does one avoid the major gaffe like the unfortunate Palme d'or reveal that occurred at last year's ceremony? You select a person who...
Loving | Review
United States of Love: Nichols Falters with Hokey Prestige Picture
In 1967, the United States Supreme Court made a landmark civil rights decision with Loving...
Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, Aquarius, Elle & Paterson Top our 2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel
Yesterday's George Miller led jury pronounced Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake as the best from the 2016 competition of twenty-one films, and they gave...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 6: Jeff Nichols Has No Fear with “Loving”
We've been in full admiration of this American indie filmmaker ever since he broke out with Shotgun Stories (Berlin Film Fest) in 2007, and confirmed his...
The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell – The 2016 Edition
Tis the season for fevered wish lists and constantly fluctuating prognostications concerning the soon to be revealed 2016 program at the Cannes Film Festival....
Our Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films: Villeneuve’s Story of Your Life Leads Class of 2016
Auteurs working within the confines of the studio system tend to disappoint, though we try to keep hope alive by anticipating the best for...
Cinema Italiano: 2015 Venice Film Festival Predictions
Now that we’ve come out of the Cannes ether, we can examine several of the names glaringly absent from the lineup that may potentially...
The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell… 2015 Cannes Film Fest Predictions
With the world’s most prestigious film festival just around the corner, cineastes have been lasciviously salivating about what’s going to show up at Cannes,...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2015: #1. Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special
Midnight Special
Director: Jeff Nichols // Writer: Jeff Nichols
Jeff Nichols has been a steadily rising director since his excellent 2007 debut, Shotgun Stories, which first...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #30. Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special
Midnight Special
Director: Jeff Nichols
Writer: Jeff Nichols
Producers: Sarah Green, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
U.S. Distributor: Warner Bros.
Cast: Adam Driver, Kirsten Dunst, Joel Edgerton, Michael Shannon
Just as his filmmaker...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #23. Kat Candler (Hellion)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
Kat Candler: The Texas Motocross Community. Pilou Asbæk (Actor from A Hijacking). Thomas Vinterberg’s The...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Kat Candler’s Hellion
I don't think Drake Doremus will be at Sundance this year. Here's hoping that Kat Candler makes a "repeat" into a three-peat. Director of...
From Faith Akin to Craig Zobel: Our Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2014
Before we unleash the beast that is our annual Top 100 Most Anticipated Films List for 2013, we thought we'd give our readers an...
2013 Sundance Film Fest: Quality offerings from Larrain, Nichols, Wheatley and Polley for Spotlight Program
Sundance announced it's Spotlight program selections today, which consists of plum titles that have enjoyed prestigious premieres at other festivals from the year before....
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeff Nichols’ Mud
It's hard to believe that it has yet to have landed a U.S premiere since its debut (see reactions here) at the Cannes Film...
Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 11: Jeff Nichols’ Mud
In only his third outing, Jeff Nichols has pretty much made a name for himself - it began with Shotgun Stories (2007) at the...