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“Entertainment” Is One of the Year’s Best Films
The idea of the sad clown is as old as comedy itself, and yet it’d be too easy to classify Rick Alverson’s new film—which revolves around the existential journey of a standup performer—as just another in the long line of stories about depressed funnymen and th...
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“Joe” Lets David Gordon Green Out Of His Cage
The rural American South is quickly becoming the setting of choice for filmmakers looking to tell gritty, authentic stories. Last year, there was Jeff Nichols’ Mud, set in a poor Arkansas river town, and this year, HBO’s True Detective set its Southern Gothic ...
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Nicolas Cage Returns to Form in ‘Joe’ Trailer
It looks like David Gordon Green and Nicolas Cage are going for some serious, critical acclaim with the film Joe. Word out of Venice and Toronto is that Cage's performance is a return to his career best, as well as a return to better work for Green after Y...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Mud’
This overlooked gem may contain McConaughey's best performance of the year.
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A Discussion with Jeff Nichols
You'd be hard-pressed to find a working filmmaker as genuine, kind, and thoughtful as Jeff Nichols. His latest film entitled Mud is now playing at this year's Sundance Film Festival and possesses many of the features displayed in Nichols' sincere personality.
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