Science fiction can take in monumental events and big ideas, but the genre’s just as powerful when it deals with the quiet and the intimate. Director Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special owes a certain debt ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In “Midnight Special,” writer-director Jeff Nichols (“Mud”) pays homage to the greats before him.

Rated PG-13. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Kendall Square Cinema and Coolidge Corner Theatre. Writer-director Jeff Nichols’ “Midnight Special” is like writer-director Jeff Nichols’ overrated breakout ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Get all the details of the movie. — -- Starring Michael Shannon, Adam Driver and Kirsten Dunst Rated PG-13 Four out of five stars The simple, modest-budget, indie sci-fi look and feel of ...

In 2011, Jeff Nichols premiered his second film, Take Shelter, at the Sundance Film Festival. Instantly, audiences realized that one of the most interesting new voices in American cinema had been ...