This gripping drama film tells the story of a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club and their journey through the eyes of its members.
Director: Jeff Nichols
Writers: Jeff Nichols, Danny Lyon
Cast: Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy
Release Date: December 1, 2023 (United States)
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Director: Jeff Nichols
Writers: Jeff Nichols, Danny Lyon
Cast: Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy
Release Date: December 1, 2023 (United States)
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- 9/12/2023
- by Prem
- Talking Films
A bunch of new one-sheets have gone online today starting with the first poster for the upcoming franchise restart "Amityville: The Awakening" along with Ben Wheatley's acclaimed dark satire "High-Rise" and Jeff Nichol's anticipated sci-fi feature "Midnight Special". Then there's a new Zoom-centric poster for "The Flash," and numerous character one-sheets for the "Now You See Me" sequel:...
- 2/16/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Amir Soltani is covering the Berlin International Film Festival for The Film Experience this year, our first time at Berlinale!. Tonight Jeff Nichol's follow up to Mud.
With Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud, Jeff Nichols has become one of the most intriguing, and divisive, American directors working today. His latest film, the unclassifiable Midnight Special, will no doubt continue the same trajectory. Starring his favourite actor Michael Shannon, along with Joel Edgerton and Kirsten Dunst, this religious fable in the mold of science fiction is a crowd-pleaser that, despite a crucial directorial misstep, delivers a thoroughly riveting experience.
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With Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud, Jeff Nichols has become one of the most intriguing, and divisive, American directors working today. His latest film, the unclassifiable Midnight Special, will no doubt continue the same trajectory. Starring his favourite actor Michael Shannon, along with Joel Edgerton and Kirsten Dunst, this religious fable in the mold of science fiction is a crowd-pleaser that, despite a crucial directorial misstep, delivers a thoroughly riveting experience.
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- 2/14/2016
- by Amir S.
- FilmExperience
Sales outfit was launched by Wild Bunch and Cine France at Cannes last year.
China’s Bliss Media has acquired a stake in Insiders, the international sales company launched at last year’s Cannes film festival by Wild Bunch and Cine France.
Insiders is headed by Vincent Maraval, who is also Cco of Wild Bunch. Based in Shanghai and Los Angeles, Bliss Media is a production, financing and distribution outfit, which is co-financing Pablo Larrain’s Jackie [pictured], starring Natalie Portman, and Michael Mann’s Enzo Ferrari, which Paramount Pictures has for the Us.
Both titles are on Insiders Efm slate alongside Jeff Nichol’s Loving, based on the true story of a mixed race couple jailed in the 1950s for breaking the State of Virginia’s law prohibiting interracial marriage, and Sean Penn’s Flag Day.
The deal gives Insiders more capital to attract and sell world-class product, while enabling Bliss to expand its international reach. [link...
China’s Bliss Media has acquired a stake in Insiders, the international sales company launched at last year’s Cannes film festival by Wild Bunch and Cine France.
Insiders is headed by Vincent Maraval, who is also Cco of Wild Bunch. Based in Shanghai and Los Angeles, Bliss Media is a production, financing and distribution outfit, which is co-financing Pablo Larrain’s Jackie [pictured], starring Natalie Portman, and Michael Mann’s Enzo Ferrari, which Paramount Pictures has for the Us.
Both titles are on Insiders Efm slate alongside Jeff Nichol’s Loving, based on the true story of a mixed race couple jailed in the 1950s for breaking the State of Virginia’s law prohibiting interracial marriage, and Sean Penn’s Flag Day.
The deal gives Insiders more capital to attract and sell world-class product, while enabling Bliss to expand its international reach. [link...
- 2/11/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The 66th Berlin International Film Festival opens later today with the Coen brothers' star-studded caper Hail, Caesar!. Starring George Clooney, Channing Tatum and Tilda Swinton to name but a few, the Coens' latest is destined to steal the industry headlines. But don't let the Hollywood nostalgia of the festival's opening gala mislead you: the Berlinale remains dedicated to showcasing the most thought-provoking and socially-engaging films currently being made around the world. Competing for the festival's coveted Golden Bear are 17 films, ranging from high-minded studio fare like Jeff Nichol's Midnight Special, to more eclectic work such as Lav Diaz's 485-minute epic A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery.
- 2/11/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Expectant joy greeted the news that director Jeff Nichols was reuniting with his Take Shelter tar Michael Shannon in a sci-fi about a man on the run with his preternaturally gifted son. Today we get a glimpse of what Nichols and Shannon have in store, with the fantastic first trailer for Midnight Special, due out
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- 11/19/2015
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There has been a lot of buzz around Jeff Nichol’s latest film, which marks his first foray into sci-fi. The director made waves when he broke through with his second feature Take Shelter, which starred Michael Shannon as a man who either had special powers in for-seeing an impending storm, or was just crazy. The film also starred a then new-comer, Jessica Chastain, who had to worry about her husband as well as their deaf daughter.
Nichols has so far been an expert at working with child actors. From Tova Stewart in Take Shelter, to the two leads of his third film, Mud, Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland, who help Matthew McConaughey as a fugitive searching for his true love.
The child in Midnight Special, however, is not like them—and he is not like us.
While we don’t have too many details, it’s apparent from the...
Nichols has so far been an expert at working with child actors. From Tova Stewart in Take Shelter, to the two leads of his third film, Mud, Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland, who help Matthew McConaughey as a fugitive searching for his true love.
The child in Midnight Special, however, is not like them—and he is not like us.
While we don’t have too many details, it’s apparent from the...
- 11/19/2015
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Cargo Entertainment announced today that Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (Man of Steel, Take Shelter, Revolutionary Road) and Matthias Schweighöfer (Valkyrie) have been added to the cast of writer-director Siofra Campbell’s thriller The Price.
Shannon and Schweighöfer join Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Prometheus), who plays the frantic mother of a kidnapped child who realizes that her ex-partner, played by Shannon, is the instigator and must deal with the fall-out when he is double-crossed.
Under the recently announced partnership between Marina Grasic’s Cargo Entertainment and Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International, Steinbauer, in her new role as Cargo’s President of Distribution, is handling foreign sales on the project at the ongoing Cannes Film Market.
Cargo represents worldwide rights to the film.
“I’m thrilled that Michael and Matthias have come on board to join Noomi on this remarkable film. Siofra has written a mind-blowing edge...
Shannon and Schweighöfer join Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Prometheus), who plays the frantic mother of a kidnapped child who realizes that her ex-partner, played by Shannon, is the instigator and must deal with the fall-out when he is double-crossed.
Under the recently announced partnership between Marina Grasic’s Cargo Entertainment and Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International, Steinbauer, in her new role as Cargo’s President of Distribution, is handling foreign sales on the project at the ongoing Cannes Film Market.
Cargo represents worldwide rights to the film.
“I’m thrilled that Michael and Matthias have come on board to join Noomi on this remarkable film. Siofra has written a mind-blowing edge...
- 5/17/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Toronto — You may find this hard to believe, but the last time the world was treated to a movie with Bill Murray in a leading role was 2005’s “Broken Flowers.” The legendary comedic actor has kept busy since then in supporting roles, but much to his fans' chagrin, he hasn’t really been at the center of the action. That has all changed with the new comedy “St. Vincent,” which debuted at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on Friday night. The feature directorial and screenwriting debut of industry veteran Theodore Melfi, “St. Vincent” finds Murray playing Vincent (without the "St." at first), a 68-year-old cantankerous, inebriated and financially unstable “old man.” Vincent is in debt with a reverse mortgage, owes a bookie a hefty sum after bad bets at the racetrack and just seems to be the victim of a lot of self-induced bad luck. The only positives in his...
- 9/6/2014
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Much has been made lately about Matthew McConaughey's career renaissance. This is a guy who, over the last ten years, has gone from the lightweight likes of Failure To Launch and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days to critically-acclaimed work in Killer Joe and Jeff Nichol's Mud. The funny thing, though, is how much hasn't changed for the Austin, Texas, native. Sure, he's lost a little weight, having dropped 50 pounds to play the AIDS-afflicted Ron Woodruff in Dallas Buyers Club, but the devilish grin, charming drawl...
- 1/6/2014
- Rollingstone.com
The 86th Academy Awards won’t be held until March 2nd next year, but I say it’s never too early to start speculating about how this year’s line-up might look like. In terms of potential candidates for Best Picture, the first half of 2013 has been almost entirely barren, with only a few long-shot candidates like Jeff Nichol’s drama Mud and Richard Linklater’s romantic trilogy-capper Before Midnight.
The second half of the year looks much more promising. We’ve already seen and applauded Ryan Coogler’s stirring Fruitvale Station and Woody Allen’s dark relationship drama Blue Jasmine, two films that deserve to be in consideration, particularly for their outstanding lead actors, but may have hit theaters too early to stick in Oscar voters’ minds. And then of course we have this fall’s upcoming slate, which is jam-packed with possible nominees.
Take a look at this ridiculously early,...
The second half of the year looks much more promising. We’ve already seen and applauded Ryan Coogler’s stirring Fruitvale Station and Woody Allen’s dark relationship drama Blue Jasmine, two films that deserve to be in consideration, particularly for their outstanding lead actors, but may have hit theaters too early to stick in Oscar voters’ minds. And then of course we have this fall’s upcoming slate, which is jam-packed with possible nominees.
Take a look at this ridiculously early,...
- 8/19/2013
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Not much is yet known about Jeff Nichol's Mud follow-up Midnight Special, other than the fact that it has a sci-fi slant. We do know that Michael Shannon and Joel Edgerton are already part of the cast, however, and they're now joined by Kirsten Dunst in a mysterious, unspecified capacity.Midnight Special is about a father who goes on the run with his eight-year-old son, when he discovers that Junior has special powers. So you could infer shades of Looper from that, but it might be closer to Stephen King's Firestarter for all we know. In the Leadbelly blues song of the same name, the Midnight Special is a train that goes past a prison, making the inmates wish they were on it. This almost certainly tells us nothing.Since she's third to be cast, we might assume that Dunst is the female lead, or possibly even a villain,...
- 8/13/2013
- EmpireOnline
Two boys, river-rats on the mighty Mississippi, run smack into adulthood when they encounter and befriend a fugitive from the law. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn echoes throughout every frame of Jeff Nichol’s Mud, the festival hit that became one of the summer’s under-the-radar hits. An Arkansas native, Nichols was mesmerized by the river and all that it represents, both in literature and its geographic importance, and his modern-day tale conjures up all the the familiar rhythms, drawls, and characters that filled Twain’s pages. Matthew McConaughey stars as the mysterious rascal whose name is literally Mud,...
- 8/5/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara are set to team up for a buddy comedy called Don't Mess with Texas . Deadline reports that Universal Pictures today took the rights to the original spec script by David Feeney and John Quaintance. The story finds a cop and her prisoner forced to work together when they find themselves being chased by a town of crooked cops. Witherspoon recently starred in Jeff Nichol's Mud and can soon be seen in a diverse range of projects like Atom Egoyan's West Memphis Three tale Devil's Knot , Brian Kirk's science fiction romance Passengers and the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed Thomas Pynchon adaptation Inherent Vice . Vegara, meanwhile, continues to star on "Modern Family" and can be seen coming up in The Smurfs 2 and Robert...
- 6/7/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Day 2 and romance was in the air. Co-written with Ira Glass of This American Life fame Sleepwalk With Me is yet another off-kilter romantic comedy, translated from the drawled musings of stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia. At something of an impasse in his life Mike tends bar whilst nurturing a tentative stand-up career, as he watches all his friends and family marry and progress in their respective professions. He’s been seeing his hippyish girlfriend Abby (Lauren Ambrose) for eight years and everyone is expecting him to pop the question soon, but a bought of dangerous, deteriorating sleepwalking and dream reenactments manifest due to his deeply submerged anxieties. Shot in a confessional style with Birbiglia breaking the fourth wall to directly address the audience one can’t help but think that this is a This American Life monologue stretched out to an admittedly brisk 80 minute feature, and it lacks the charm...
- 4/29/2013
- by John
- SoundOnSight
The Nashville Film Festival starts up its 44th year this week, making it one of the oldest film festivals in the country. From today until April 25th, the festival will screen over 200 films in and out of competition, with the slate including recent festival highlights such as Ben Wheatley's "Sightseers," James Ponsoldt's beloved Sundance hit "The Spectacular Now," Jeff Nichol's "Mud," and Sarah Polley's moving doc "Stories We Tell." Notable films in competition include Joe Swanberg's "All the Light in the Sky" and Hannah Fidell's "A Teacher." In addition this year the festival will be hosting a special "Celebration of Kurdish Films" in juncture with the Academy on Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at which fifteen Kurdish films will screen. You can check out the full lineup for this week's festival below. Special Presentation Films Mud directed by Jeff Nichols Unfinished Song directed by Paul Andrew Williams...
- 4/18/2013
- by Mark Lukenbill
- Indiewire
When a film like Jeff Nichol’s Mud gets its premiere at Sundance, it immediately becomes the victim of quite a bit of unwarranted slander. For one thing, the film already has distribution with Lion’s Gate, and the fact that one of it’s leading roles is played by the likes of Matthew McConaughey, makes it an easy target of people who just want to simply dismiss the film on the grounds that it just isn’t quite “Indie” enough. It is my hope to help sweep aside some of these ridiculous notions.
The Sundance byline for Mud makes it seem like it’s just going to be a more high dollar version of last year’s runaway hit Beasts of the Southern Wild. Like Beasts, it takes place in the more rundown, indigent parts of the American South, and tells the story of two kids Ellis (Tye Sheridan...
The Sundance byline for Mud makes it seem like it’s just going to be a more high dollar version of last year’s runaway hit Beasts of the Southern Wild. Like Beasts, it takes place in the more rundown, indigent parts of the American South, and tells the story of two kids Ellis (Tye Sheridan...
- 1/19/2013
- by Ty Cooper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sundance starts tomorrow, which is exciting times for those going. For the rest of us, we're left watching the festival entries' trailers while wearing ski goggles. Yesterday we had Shane Carruth's Upstream Color, and today there's a trailer for Jeff Nichol's Mud, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Take Shelter. The film stars two teenage boys who meet a fugitive (Matthew McConaughey!) and help him hide from a bounty hunter, in hopes of reuniting him with his lost love (Reese Witherspoon!). Take out the bounty hunter and teenage boys, and it sounds like that romantic comedy we've been looking for. After Sundance, the film will hit theaters on April 26, 2013. All right, all right, all right.
- 1/16/2013
- by Jesse David Fox
- Vulture
With Terrence Malick’s Knight Of Cups now finishing up production, we’ve learned of another great addition to the already massive ensemble cast. Boardwalk Empire star Shea Whigham shot scenes for the film with Christian Bale back in late June, and today we have some photos of Whigham’s time on the set.
The photos (which can be seen below) don’t really give us much new information, other than Whigham shot scenes with Bale and a toddler and that these photos where snapped early on in the production, back on June 27th.
Whigham has solidified himself in Hollywood over the past couple of years as a fantastic character actor, with his wonderful role on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, as well great supporting parts in films such as Robert Rodriguez’s Machete, Jeff Nichol’s Take Shelter and Oliver Stone’s Savages.
On top of that, Whigham also has...
The photos (which can be seen below) don’t really give us much new information, other than Whigham shot scenes with Bale and a toddler and that these photos where snapped early on in the production, back on June 27th.
Whigham has solidified himself in Hollywood over the past couple of years as a fantastic character actor, with his wonderful role on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, as well great supporting parts in films such as Robert Rodriguez’s Machete, Jeff Nichol’s Take Shelter and Oliver Stone’s Savages.
On top of that, Whigham also has...
- 8/28/2012
- by Blake Dew
- We Got This Covered
Alright, alright, alright. Few actors have had such a 180-degree career turn than Matthew McConaughey, and that’s just this year. The actor, known for few a great roles but mostly a rom-com lead, has taken a stellar path as of late, and it’s about to get better. We’ve seen him in the hilarious, perfectly cast role of club owner in Magic Mike, soon after he premiered Jeff Nichol‘s Mud and Lee Daniel‘s The Paperboy at Cannes. Then we have Richard Linklater‘s modest indie hit Bernie and William Friedkin‘s demented Killer Joe. Now the actor is jumping aboard one of the most-anticipated films of next year.
Deadline reports he has joined the film as Mark Hanna, boss and mentor of Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. He joins an already-stacked cast including Jonah Hill, Jean Dujardin, Kyle Chandler, Cristin Milioti, Margot Robbie, Jon Bernthal,...
Deadline reports he has joined the film as Mark Hanna, boss and mentor of Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. He joins an already-stacked cast including Jonah Hill, Jean Dujardin, Kyle Chandler, Cristin Milioti, Margot Robbie, Jon Bernthal,...
- 8/2/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
With a lineup including the likes of Matthew McConaughey, this year's festival is bound to be different.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Robert Pattinson at the "New Moon" premiere
Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
The lineup for the Cannes Film Festival hit Thursday morning (April 19), and we're already probably too excited about it. With some of today's best directors and unexpected stars, this year's festival may prove to be one worth paying very close attention to.
So here is our run-down of the five stories out of Cannes we'll be watching closely.
The Maturation of Rob and Kristen
One story from this year's Cannes lineup that people can't help but comment on is that both Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have films in competition. While both have acted in some independent films and more serious drama, Cannes will be their sort of coming-out party as serious actors, with "Cosmopolis" and "On the Road...
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Robert Pattinson at the "New Moon" premiere
Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
The lineup for the Cannes Film Festival hit Thursday morning (April 19), and we're already probably too excited about it. With some of today's best directors and unexpected stars, this year's festival may prove to be one worth paying very close attention to.
So here is our run-down of the five stories out of Cannes we'll be watching closely.
The Maturation of Rob and Kristen
One story from this year's Cannes lineup that people can't help but comment on is that both Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have films in competition. While both have acted in some independent films and more serious drama, Cannes will be their sort of coming-out party as serious actors, with "Cosmopolis" and "On the Road...
- 4/19/2012
- MTV Movie News
With a lineup including the likes of Matthew McConaughey, this year's festival is bound to be different.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Robert Pattinson at the "New Moon" premiere
Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
The lineup for the Cannes Film Festival hit Thursday morning (April 19), and we're already probably too excited about it. With some of today's best directors and unexpected stars, this year's festival may prove to be one worth paying very close attention to.
So here is our run-down of the five stories out of Cannes we'll be watching closely.
The Maturation of Rob and Kristen
One story from this year's Cannes lineup that people can't help but comment on is that both Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have films in competition. While both have acted in some independent films and more serious drama, Cannes will be their sort of coming-out party as serious actors, with "Cosmopolis" and "On the Road...
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Robert Pattinson at the "New Moon" premiere
Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
The lineup for the Cannes Film Festival hit Thursday morning (April 19), and we're already probably too excited about it. With some of today's best directors and unexpected stars, this year's festival may prove to be one worth paying very close attention to.
So here is our run-down of the five stories out of Cannes we'll be watching closely.
The Maturation of Rob and Kristen
One story from this year's Cannes lineup that people can't help but comment on is that both Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have films in competition. While both have acted in some independent films and more serious drama, Cannes will be their sort of coming-out party as serious actors, with "Cosmopolis" and "On the Road...
- 4/19/2012
- MTV Music News
Filmmaker has launched the February edition of its curated monthly list of notable VOD titles.
Highlights include many of 2011′s end of year standouts, including Sean Durkin’s cult thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene, Bruce Robinson’s foray into the twisted mind of Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary, and Jeff Nichol’s apocalyptic Americana Take Shelter, a film that Michael Tully called a “modern American masterpiece” in his Hammer to Nail review.
Also available are some very promising first-quarter 2012 titles, including Liza Johnson’s war vet character portrait Return and Tony Kaye’s Adrien Brody-starring classroom drama Detachment.
For titles from previous months go to our VOD Calendar homepage.… Read the rest...
Highlights include many of 2011′s end of year standouts, including Sean Durkin’s cult thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene, Bruce Robinson’s foray into the twisted mind of Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary, and Jeff Nichol’s apocalyptic Americana Take Shelter, a film that Michael Tully called a “modern American masterpiece” in his Hammer to Nail review.
Also available are some very promising first-quarter 2012 titles, including Liza Johnson’s war vet character portrait Return and Tony Kaye’s Adrien Brody-starring classroom drama Detachment.
For titles from previous months go to our VOD Calendar homepage.… Read the rest...
- 2/2/2012
- by Dan Schoenbrun
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
By Scott Mendelson
HollywoodNews.com: This time, it’s the best of the best. Of course ‘best’ is a subjective term, so you might want to consider these my ‘favorites’. Despite what everyone likes to whine about at the end of every year, 2011 was in fact one of the better years in a good long time. Maybe it was the effects of the 2007 WGA strike wearing off, maybe it was just dumb luck, but on the whole, movies, especially mainstream movies, were pretty on-spot more often than they weren’t. But just as important, most of the year-end Oscar bait was actually quite good, so this is a year where I don’t have to half-heartedly apologize for having a list filled with movies nobody saw and mainstream pictures that no one admits to liking. Even if it took 1/3 of the year to really get cooking, 2011 was an uncommonly solid...
HollywoodNews.com: This time, it’s the best of the best. Of course ‘best’ is a subjective term, so you might want to consider these my ‘favorites’. Despite what everyone likes to whine about at the end of every year, 2011 was in fact one of the better years in a good long time. Maybe it was the effects of the 2007 WGA strike wearing off, maybe it was just dumb luck, but on the whole, movies, especially mainstream movies, were pretty on-spot more often than they weren’t. But just as important, most of the year-end Oscar bait was actually quite good, so this is a year where I don’t have to half-heartedly apologize for having a list filled with movies nobody saw and mainstream pictures that no one admits to liking. Even if it took 1/3 of the year to really get cooking, 2011 was an uncommonly solid...
- 12/30/2011
- by Scott Mendelson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Fresh off a big double win at the Gothams (where it won Best Feature and Best Ensemble), Mike Mills' Beginners has nabbed four nominations for the 27th Indie Spirit Awards tying with three other Best Feature hopefuls in Jeff Nichol's Take Shelter, The Descendants and Cannes preemed, Drive. However the four were outmatched by Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist which garnered five noms in Best Feature, Best Director, Best Male Lead, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography categories. Martha Marcy May Marlene grabbed four noms as well if you add the Upcoming Producer award along with the three noms in the Best First Feature, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor categories. Among the notable nominees worth mentioning and that raised some eyebrows, we have Lauren Ambrose's perf in Tiff shown "Think Of Me" and Rachel Harris' bit in the SXSW preemed "Natural Selection" that landed Best Female...
- 11/30/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
After a summer of heavyweight action movies and flyweight romantic comedies, I don’t think you’ll find a more provocative little number than Take Shelter, a study of one man’s descent into schizophrenia which creeps under your skin like a rash. Writer/director Jeff Nichol’s film is sharp, fierce, and fascinating and may just be one of the most terrifying films of recent years. There are no monsters or homicidal maniacs here – instead, the film’s horror emanates from an abstract place where rural drudgery gives way to existential crisis as an Ohio construction worker helplessly recognizes his own mental decline while at the same time is sure he’s witnessing signs of an impending environmental cataclysm. Curtis Laforche (Michael Shannon) seems perfectly ordinary, a 35 year old with a decent job on a drilling team, a lovely stay-home wife (Jessica Chastain), and a deaf young daughter in need of a cochlear implant.
- 10/28/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After wowing critics at Sundance and Cannes, Jeff Nichol's domestic thriller "Take Shelter" premiered last night in Manhattan. Nichols (left) was joined by the film's two leads Jessica Chastain (center) and Michael Shannon (right), who both deliver sterling performances. In the film, Oscar-nominee Shannon plays a father who begins having recurring nightmares about an approaching apocalyptic storm. Chastain plays his supportive wife who watches as he alienates all others close ...
- 9/8/2011
- Indiewire
Matthew McConaughey The Lincoln Lawyer , Reese Witherspoon ( Walk the Line ) and Tye Sheridan ( The Tree of Life ) are in talks to headline Jeff Nichol's next film, Mud , Everest Entertainment announced this morning. The plot is officially described as follows: "Mud" is the powerful, redemptive tale of a charismatic fugitive named Mud (McConaughey) and his unlikely friendship with fourteen year old Ellis (Sheridan). Ellis is determined to help his new friend escape from both the law and some very serious bounty hunters, in order to reunite Mud with his soul mate, Juniper (Witherspoon). "Jeff Nichols has written a beautiful story with rich characters learning valuable lessons through life-changing circumstances. With Jeff's vision, this will be a work of...
- 8/5/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Brothel films are like submarine movies—the stories, the dramas, even the details always remain the same, held in a airtight container as if observing variations of the same scientific experiment. The challenge for the filmmaker is not invention, but sensibility in provoking these variations. Many characterizations of Bertrand Bonello’s L'apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close), set in the eponymous brothel at the “twilight” of the 19th century and “dawn” of the 20th, could be applied across an entire genre, the chambered mise-en-scène, the opiated, muffled tone; even dramas amongst the girls too: debts, love, violence, fetishism, a new girl, disease. Yet there is something else here, mysterious, practically intangible within the confines both of the brothel and the genre, something that leaves the film a lingering quality like smoke left hanging in a vacated room, traces, ghosts, remnants.
It’s in the mise-en-scène, calling up Hawks in coverage...
It’s in the mise-en-scène, calling up Hawks in coverage...
- 5/19/2011
- MUBI
For the three-year-old FilmNation, the 2011 Cannes Film Festival is a big deal. That’s not just because the company’s market slate is substantial, containing projects by Terrence Malick, John Hillcoat and, as executive producer, James Cameron, but because the young New York-based sales and production company has, for the first time, two films in the festival. The company is repping both Pedro Almodovar’s latest Competition title, The Skin I Live In (pictured above), as well as American indie Jeff Nichol’s Sundance hit, Take Shelter, screening in the Critics Week section.
FilmNation was launched by international sales veteran Glen Basner just three years ago in the months following the financial crisis. It’s grown from its early days with three people in a room to a large staff in an airy Chelsea office space. And, coming off sales for Oscar-winning The King’s Speech, it’s still in a growth mode,...
FilmNation was launched by international sales veteran Glen Basner just three years ago in the months following the financial crisis. It’s grown from its early days with three people in a room to a large staff in an airy Chelsea office space. And, coming off sales for Oscar-winning The King’s Speech, it’s still in a growth mode,...
- 5/12/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Last year the Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week includes Janus Metz‘s fantastic war doc Armadillo (in limited theaters as of last week) and Quentin Dupieux‘s delightfully wacky Rubber. Today, 2011′s line-up has been unveiled. The two big films include one of my favorites from Sundance, Jeff Nichol’s Shotgun Stories follow-up Take Shelter (starring Man of Steel’s Michael Shannon) and Jonathan Caouette‘s first feature since his intimate documentary Tarnation, titled Walk away Renée. Check out the full list below (as well as the rest of the line-up here) and come back for our reviews straight from Cannes.
Feature Films
• Las Acacias, directed by Pablo Giorgelli – Arg
• Ave, directed by Konstantin Bojanov – Bul/Fr
• 17 Filles, directed by Delphine & Muriel Coulin – Fr
• The Slut (Hanotenet), directed by Hagar Ben Asher – Isr/All
• Snowtown (Les Crimes de Snowtown), directed by Justin Kurzel – Aus
• Sauna on Moon, directed by Zou Peng – Chi
• Take Shelter,...
Feature Films
• Las Acacias, directed by Pablo Giorgelli – Arg
• Ave, directed by Konstantin Bojanov – Bul/Fr
• 17 Filles, directed by Delphine & Muriel Coulin – Fr
• The Slut (Hanotenet), directed by Hagar Ben Asher – Isr/All
• Snowtown (Les Crimes de Snowtown), directed by Justin Kurzel – Aus
• Sauna on Moon, directed by Zou Peng – Chi
• Take Shelter,...
- 4/18/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
A Sundance favorite, a follow-up to a budget-less art house hit, and an anticipated Israeli film are a few of the highlights from the announced lineup for the 2011 Critic's Week (aka Semaine de la Critique), the oldest sidebar in Cannes. The selection only admits films which are either debut or sophomore efforts, so we'll be going in knowing scant details on what to expect, and likely coming out with some new major voices to follow. As we can see in the quintet of posters, past Critic's Week discoveries includes cinema gods Wong Kar-wai and Bernardo Bertolucci, as well as Jacques Audiard and Barbet Schroeder. As this is the sidebar's 50th anniversary, there might be even more treats to be announced in the near future. Yesterday, we reported that Hagar Ben Asher's The Slut had been selected for competition, and this was corroborated this morning. Ben Asher is an alumni of...
- 4/18/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
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