The director: Jeff Nichols (American, 33 years old)
The talent: Matthew McConaughey's career rehabilitation continues apace: not long after popping up in Venice with "Killer Joe," he's hitting the Croisette...
What do Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Zac Efron and Shia LaBeouf all have in common? Speak up, I can't hear you above all that high-pitched screaming. If what you're trying to say is that they're all set to walk ...
The 27th Independent Spirit Awards went off without a hitch Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. Hosted by Seth Rogen, "The Artist" (somewhat) shockingly dominated the show, but that might have...
Hey, have you heard the news? Apparently, in a last-minute schedule change, the Academy has moved the Oscar ceremony up to tomorrow. Critics' groups, as a result, have gone into panic mode, desperately flinging out aw...
"It's an exciting day," Sony Pictures Classics co-president Michael Barker says by phone the day his company's films racked up eight Independent Spirit Award nominations last week. "I'm really happy for...
Linked in today's round-up is the Gurus o' Gold's list of predictions post-Venice/Teluride/Toronto at Movie City News, and I was a bit surprised to see "The Descendants" leading the way in Best Picture. I&...
There is no scene that better captures the modern face of dread that I've seen in any film this year than a moment late in the new Jeff Nichols film "Take Shelter."
Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastai...
Actor Michael Shannon first met director Jeff Nichols through the latter's film school connections. North Carolina School of the Arts professor Gary Hawkins had a project at the Sundance Film Festival's Filmmaker's La...
Michael Shannon has joined the cast of director Jeff Nichols' new film "Mud", marking his third collaboration with the rising director after "Take Shelter" and 2007's "Shotgun Stories". A...
Marc Webb's reboot of Marvel Comics' wall crawler in "The Amazing Spider-Man" is still just under 11 months away from hitting theaters, but Sony PIctures appears to be happy with what they have seen so...
