Jeff Nichols directs films with the steadiness and dexterity of a great novelist. Feeling little pressure to rely on expository dialogue or to drive the action forward without cause, Nichols creates h…
Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga Make History in ‘Loving’ Trailer
After impressing critics with his science fiction road trip, Midnight Special, Jeff Nichols is back with an even more tender story. Loving tells the true story of an interracial couple, Richard and …
Midnight Special Review
When Midnight Special begins, we see Roy (Michael Shannon), Lucas (Joel Edgerton) and Roy’s son Alton (Jaeden Lieberher) driving down a darkened road. They’re intent on keeping a low profile, as Alton…
Allyson’s Movie Review: ‘Mud’
Mud is an odyssey through a young boy’s earliest loss of innocence. It’s about an adolescent’s first lesson in the grief that can follow love, the violence that can follow a hero, the murky gray that …