Short of the Month: Long Way Back Home Carmen Paddock September 3, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD3-XG2Z4Pg Talented siblings Jeff Nichols (director of Mud, Midnight Special, and Loving) and Ben Nichols (lead guitarist for the ‘country-punk rock’ band Lucero)...
Loving – Review Nick Evan-Cook February 5, 2017 Reviews Its fascinating subject and a pair of wonderfully nuanced performances - from the glowing and defiant Ruth Negga in particular - can't keep Loving from feeling somewhat safe and unadventurous, helmed though it...
Jeff Nichols: The Next Great American Auteur? Eddie Falvey April 6, 2016 Analysis, Features, Spotlight 1 Comment Jeff Nichols is by no means the first American filmmaker to utilise the strange, otherworldly beauty of the American interior as the backdrop for his brief but already impressive oeuvre. As a point of...
Midnight Special – Berlinale 2016 Review Eddie Falvey February 14, 2016 Reviews Jeff Nichols is a great filmmaker. That Midnight Special comes close to greatness is undeniable - its first hour is a deliriously inventive, utterly arresting cosmic thriller that keeps its cards very close to...