I caught Jeff Nichols's "Mud" yesterday in advance of its North American bow at Sundance next week and was bowled over. Over the moon. Full tilt in love with this movie, but I'll get into that during the fes...
Pro: Arkin's been around the block. His first nomination came 45 years ago and in 2007 the goodwill finally came in the form of an Oscar win (for "Little Miss Sunshine"). He's a highlight in the movie for hi...
Pete Hammond reports that the Weinsteins have won yet another Oscar race: the annual scramble to see who can get the first formal For Your Consideration screener mailed out to voters -- an early-bird strategy that has...
After the success of Ridley Scott's "Alien" in 1979, James Cameron directed "Aliens" in 1986, before going on to helm such mega-hits as "Terminator 2," "Titanic" and "Avata...
A couple of weeks ago, I wondered why it was taking so long for Jeff Nichols's "Mud" -- an audience-pleasing, star-powered coming-of-age story with genre trappings -- to find a US distributor, after being so...
When Disney revealed the news that "Avengers" writer-director Joss Whedon was indeed returning for the planned sequel, impatient fans immediately asked a follow-up question: When is it coming out?
While w...
Right, we're almost there. All 22 Competition films have been screened, the crowds are starting to thin out and France's rosé reserves are in urgent need of refilling. In less than 24 hours, the 65th Cannes Fil...
The final competition film to unspool at this year's Cannes Film Festival was Jeff Nichols' "Mud," starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon. The two stars showed up to walk the red carpet for the S...
"Mud," director Jeff Nichols' follow-up to last year's acclaimed "Take Shelter," premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. Stars Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaugh...
CANNES - A funny thing happened during this morning’s introductory press screening of “Mud” – a snafu that would make an already nervous filmmaker clutch his forehead and represents an unusual ...
