Tag Archives: Jeff Nichols

Loving review — Social justice in deeply felt love story

November 28, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols | 123 min | On Demand Loving is Jeff Nichols' second feature film of the year, following his excellent Spielberg-esque science fiction drama Midnight Special, and this one is just as good. It still features his elegant, spare direction, but tells a very different tale, one based in fact, about… Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS: Ep. 019 “New Filmmakers”

May 2, 2016 flawintheiris

The podcast I co-host with Stephen Cooke is back after a brief hiatus with a show about up-and-coming filmmakers who've caught our attention. Included in the discussion are Jeff Nichols, Jean-Marc Vallée, Denis Villeneuve, Jeremy Saulnier, Ryan Coogler, and many more. Check it out, and our other recent LENS ME YOUR EARS podcasts, here on… Read More

Midnight Special review — Terrific fantasy film shines a light

April 12, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Jeff Nichols | 112 min | ▲▲▲▲△ Jeff Nichols is now manifesting as a director to watch. This, his most recent and largest budgeted feature, deserves to be seen by a lot of people. It's a real crowdpleaser, a throwback to a kind of science fiction drama that Steven Spielberg and his… Read More

Top 10 of 2011 (and other good times at the movies)

January 6, 2012 flawintheiris

Here's my list (early this year!), to add to the collection of other Best Of 2011 lists crowding the internet.My criteria: The film had to have been released in cinemas in 2011, even if it didn't open here in Halifax. For example, I did see a number of movies at the Atlantic Film Festival, such… Read More