To mark the release of Take Shelter on 3rd September, we’ve been given 2 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
Curtis Laforche (Michael Shannon – The Shape of Water) lives a contented family life in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha (Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty) and their six-year-old daughter Hannah (Tova Stewart). When he begins to have recurring nightmares of an impending apocalyptic storm he questions his sanity but prepares for the worst by building a storm shelter. As he becomes increasingly plagued by visions his behaviour grows ever more erratic, alienating friends and putting his livelihood and marriage in jeopardy. Are his visions premonitions or is Curtis losing his mind?
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Curtis Laforche (Michael Shannon – The Shape of Water) lives a contented family life in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha (Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty) and their six-year-old daughter Hannah (Tova Stewart). When he begins to have recurring nightmares of an impending apocalyptic storm he questions his sanity but prepares for the worst by building a storm shelter. As he becomes increasingly plagued by visions his behaviour grows ever more erratic, alienating friends and putting his livelihood and marriage in jeopardy. Are his visions premonitions or is Curtis losing his mind?
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- 8/27/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Our countdown of the 100 best films of the 21st century continues. This is Part 2 #75 through 51.
Click here for Part 1 (#100-76)!
The first decade and a half of the 21st century has brought a lot of changes to the landscape of film. The advancement and sophistication of computers has made realistic computer generated effects a mainstay in both big-budget and small-budget films. The internet and streaming technologies have given big Hollywood new competition in films produced independently and by non-traditional means. We went from purchasing films on yards of tape to plastic disks, and now we can simply upload them to the cloud. Advertisements for films have reached a higher, more ruthless level where generating hype through trailers and teasers is crucial for a film’s commercial success. Movie attendance has fluctuated along with the economy, but that hasn’t stopped films from breaking box office records, including having films gross...
Click here for Part 1 (#100-76)!
The first decade and a half of the 21st century has brought a lot of changes to the landscape of film. The advancement and sophistication of computers has made realistic computer generated effects a mainstay in both big-budget and small-budget films. The internet and streaming technologies have given big Hollywood new competition in films produced independently and by non-traditional means. We went from purchasing films on yards of tape to plastic disks, and now we can simply upload them to the cloud. Advertisements for films have reached a higher, more ruthless level where generating hype through trailers and teasers is crucial for a film’s commercial success. Movie attendance has fluctuated along with the economy, but that hasn’t stopped films from breaking box office records, including having films gross...
- 1/13/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
There has been a lot of buzz around Jeff Nichol’s latest film, which marks his first foray into sci-fi. The director made waves when he broke through with his second feature Take Shelter, which starred Michael Shannon as a man who either had special powers in for-seeing an impending storm, or was just crazy. The film also starred a then new-comer, Jessica Chastain, who had to worry about her husband as well as their deaf daughter.
Nichols has so far been an expert at working with child actors. From Tova Stewart in Take Shelter, to the two leads of his third film, Mud, Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland, who help Matthew McConaughey as a fugitive searching for his true love.
The child in Midnight Special, however, is not like them—and he is not like us.
While we don’t have too many details, it’s apparent from the...
Nichols has so far been an expert at working with child actors. From Tova Stewart in Take Shelter, to the two leads of his third film, Mud, Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland, who help Matthew McConaughey as a fugitive searching for his true love.
The child in Midnight Special, however, is not like them—and he is not like us.
While we don’t have too many details, it’s apparent from the...
- 11/19/2015
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
High-Profile New Releases Take Shelter (Sony) Release Date: Sep 30, 2011 Director: Jeff Nichols Cast: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart,Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon. Full cast + crew Verdict: Buy Me Available On: Blu-ray, DVD Special Features: Commentary with Jeff Nichols, Deleted Scenes, Q&A w/ Michael Shannon and Shea Whigham, Behind the Scenes Additional Thoughts: Take Shelter is the best film of 2011 that you've either never heard of or, due to its very limited theatrical release, haven't had a chance to see. Now you can rectify that and I heartily suggest you do. It's an incredible piece of filmmaking about one man with...
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- 2/14/2012
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Two of the actors from Boardwalk Empire take on this tale of either upcoming apocalypse or a mental apocalypse by a single character. What we get is a masterfully acted suspense thriller about one man.s fears and how it affects his life and family. Curtis (Michael Shannon) is a construction worker. He.s married to Samantha (Jessica Chastain) and they have a daughter (Tova Stewart) who is deaf. His job has him working with his pal Dewart (Shea Whigham) and things seem normal for Curtis. That is until he starts having horrifically realistic dreams that seem to portend an impending doom that will destroy much. Curtis can.t decide if he.s been given the gift of future prognostication or...
- 2/14/2012
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
Take Shelter, which captured two top prizes at this year.s Cannes Film Festival and went on to receive glowing reviews from film critics, is scheduled to arrive on DVD February 14th from Sony Pictures Classics and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. A haunting psychological thriller which Vanity Fair called .an American masterpiece,. the film has a stellar cast headed by Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon (Best Supporting Actor, Revolutionary Road, and TV.s .Boardwalk Empire.) and Jessica Chastain (The Help, Tree of Life). Also starring are Golden Globe winner Kathy Baker (1992, Best Actress in a TV Performance, .Picket Fences.), Katy Mixon (TV.s .Mike and Molly.), Shea Whigham (TV.s .Boardwalk Empire.), and, in her film debut, Tova Stewart. Jeff Nichols...
- 12/19/2011
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
DVD Release Date: Feb. 14, 2012
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Highly acclaimed, 2011 movie Take Shelter is a horror movie with apocalyptic tendencies.
Written and directed by Jeff Nichols (Shotgun Stories), the thriller film stars Michael Shannon (TV’s Boardwalk Empire) as a man who starts seeing apocalyptic visions. Living in Ohio with his wife (Jessica Chastain, The Help) and deaf daughter (Tova Stewart), Shannon keeps quiet about the visions but starts obsessively building a storm shelter in his backyard. HIs actions, though, cause a strain on his marriage and his position within his community, but that’s nothing compared to what Shannon thinks is coming.
Critics loved Take Shelter when it was in theaters, a limited release. The Boston Globe‘s Ty Burr said, “The chilling genius of Take Shelter isn’t that the threat is never specified but that it doesn’t need to be.”
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Highly acclaimed, 2011 movie Take Shelter is a horror movie with apocalyptic tendencies.
Written and directed by Jeff Nichols (Shotgun Stories), the thriller film stars Michael Shannon (TV’s Boardwalk Empire) as a man who starts seeing apocalyptic visions. Living in Ohio with his wife (Jessica Chastain, The Help) and deaf daughter (Tova Stewart), Shannon keeps quiet about the visions but starts obsessively building a storm shelter in his backyard. HIs actions, though, cause a strain on his marriage and his position within his community, but that’s nothing compared to what Shannon thinks is coming.
Critics loved Take Shelter when it was in theaters, a limited release. The Boston Globe‘s Ty Burr said, “The chilling genius of Take Shelter isn’t that the threat is never specified but that it doesn’t need to be.”
We’re looking...
- 12/15/2011
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
"The Tree of Life" and "Beginners" emerged as the big winners for the 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards. "The Descendants" and "Martha Marcy May Marlene" led the pack with three nominations each but in the end, Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" and Mike Mills' "Beginners" ruled the night.
Related Posts:
Ewan McGregor interview for "Beginners" right here
Mike Mills interview for "Beginners right here
The Gotham Independent Film Awards officially kicks off the 2011-12 award season which of course, leads to the granddaddy of the awards season, the Academy Awards!
Hosted by Edie Falco and Oliver Platt, the Gotham Awards also gave career tributes to Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman.
"Beginners" also took home the Best Ensemble Performance Award, "Better This World" won Best Documentary, Dee Rees who gave us the wonderful "Pariah" won Breakthrough Director, Felicity Jones for "Like Crazy" won Breakthrough Actor,...
Related Posts:
Ewan McGregor interview for "Beginners" right here
Mike Mills interview for "Beginners right here
The Gotham Independent Film Awards officially kicks off the 2011-12 award season which of course, leads to the granddaddy of the awards season, the Academy Awards!
Hosted by Edie Falco and Oliver Platt, the Gotham Awards also gave career tributes to Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman.
"Beginners" also took home the Best Ensemble Performance Award, "Better This World" won Best Documentary, Dee Rees who gave us the wonderful "Pariah" won Breakthrough Director, Felicity Jones for "Like Crazy" won Breakthrough Actor,...
- 11/29/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
What an odd way to open this year's awards season: Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and Mike Mills's Beginners have tied for Best Feature at Monday night's Gotham Independent Film Awards, though I suppose one could say that Beginners came out of the evening with a slight edge in that it's also taken the Best Ensemble prize. The other films nominated for Best Feature were Jeff Nichols's Take Shelter, Alexander Payne's The Descendants and Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff.
Best Ensemble Performance: Beginners (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos). Also nominated: The Descendants (George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel), Margin Call (Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, Aasif Mandvi), Martha Marcy May Marlene (Elizabeth Olsen,...
Best Ensemble Performance: Beginners (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos). Also nominated: The Descendants (George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel), Margin Call (Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, Aasif Mandvi), Martha Marcy May Marlene (Elizabeth Olsen,...
- 11/29/2011
- MUBI
Brad Pitt in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life Alexander Payne, Terrence Malick In; Woody Allen Out: Gotham Awards 2011 Best Feature (tie) * Beginners Mike Mills, director; Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda de Pencier, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, producers (Focus Features) The Descendants Alexander Payne, director; Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt, director; Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Elizabeth Cuthrell, David Urrutia, producers (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Take Shelter Jeff Nichols, director; Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin, producers (Sony Pictures Classics) * The Tree of Life Terrence Malick, director; Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Best Documentary * Better This World Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega, directors; Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega, Mike Nicholson, producers (Loteria Films, Picturebox, Motto Pictures and Passion Pictures; Itvs in association with American Documentary | Pov) Bill Cunningham New York Richard Press,...
- 11/29/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
After experiencing visions of impending catastrophe, an ordinary man takes extraordinary measures - but can he trust the evidence of his own senses?
Curtis (Michael Shannon) and Samantha (Jessica Chastain) are a young couple, hard up but happy, with a six-year-old daughter (Tova Stewart) who happens to be deaf. Since they live in the storm belt of Ohio, it's not unusual to see dark clouds gathering. But there's something odd about the rain that's falling, and Curtis starts to have dreams which begin with storms, dreams where his own dog viciously attacks him, strangers try to drag him...
Curtis (Michael Shannon) and Samantha (Jessica Chastain) are a young couple, hard up but happy, with a six-year-old daughter (Tova Stewart) who happens to be deaf. Since they live in the storm belt of Ohio, it's not unusual to see dark clouds gathering. But there's something odd about the rain that's falling, and Curtis starts to have dreams which begin with storms, dreams where his own dog viciously attacks him, strangers try to drag him...
- 11/28/2011
- by Val Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Take Shelter (15)
(Jeff Nichols, 2011, Us) Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart. 121 mins.
After a year-long disaster-movie onslaught, apocalypse fatigue could well be setting in, but this one's worth the extra effort – particularly since it's less about the end of the world than the threat of it. That plays large in the mind of Shannon's modern-day Midwestern Noah, who sets about building his underground ark. His wife worries more about his mental health, and their day-to-day problems. Brilliantly constructed and performed, it's a domestic saga infused with haunting, unnamed dread.
50/50 (15)
(Jonathan Levine, 2011, Us) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick. 100 mins.
The Knocked Up of cancer movies? Not quite, but this is funnier and more frank than most terminal illness movies. Gordon-Levitt is a potential victim, to whom Rogen offers blokey support.
The Deep Blue Sea (12A)
(Terence Davies, 2011, UK) Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston. 98 mins.
Davies again recreates postwar Britain, this...
(Jeff Nichols, 2011, Us) Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart. 121 mins.
After a year-long disaster-movie onslaught, apocalypse fatigue could well be setting in, but this one's worth the extra effort – particularly since it's less about the end of the world than the threat of it. That plays large in the mind of Shannon's modern-day Midwestern Noah, who sets about building his underground ark. His wife worries more about his mental health, and their day-to-day problems. Brilliantly constructed and performed, it's a domestic saga infused with haunting, unnamed dread.
50/50 (15)
(Jonathan Levine, 2011, Us) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick. 100 mins.
The Knocked Up of cancer movies? Not quite, but this is funnier and more frank than most terminal illness movies. Gordon-Levitt is a potential victim, to whom Rogen offers blokey support.
The Deep Blue Sea (12A)
(Terence Davies, 2011, UK) Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston. 98 mins.
Davies again recreates postwar Britain, this...
- 11/26/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Originally published in the Fall 2011 issue. Take Shelter is nominated for Best Feature and Best Ensemble.
As I write this introduction the financial press is buzzing about the BBC appearance of a trader, Allesio Rostani, who flatly stated, “I’m dreaming of a global recession.” He says he hopes — and expects — the world economy to crash. If it does, he’ll make a lot of money because he’s short the Euro and various European government bonds. There’s speculation that he’s a member of the political prankster group the Yes Men, not because of the substance of his commentary (there are other market analysts who’d say the same thing) but because of the almost gleeful way he described profiting from the misery of others.
Schadenfreude may be intemperate on morning financial shows, but without it there wouldn’t be much of a movie business. Horror films, reality...
As I write this introduction the financial press is buzzing about the BBC appearance of a trader, Allesio Rostani, who flatly stated, “I’m dreaming of a global recession.” He says he hopes — and expects — the world economy to crash. If it does, he’ll make a lot of money because he’s short the Euro and various European government bonds. There’s speculation that he’s a member of the political prankster group the Yes Men, not because of the substance of his commentary (there are other market analysts who’d say the same thing) but because of the almost gleeful way he described profiting from the misery of others.
Schadenfreude may be intemperate on morning financial shows, but without it there wouldn’t be much of a movie business. Horror films, reality...
- 11/25/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
★★★☆☆ Screening at this year's 55th BFI London Film Festival, Take Shelter (2011) once again unites Shotgun Stories (2007) director Jeff Nichols and actor Michael Shannon. Set against a backdrop of Middle American domestic life, Take Shelter is a far more visual film, combining elements of terror with a kitchen sink drama that confirms both men as masters of their chosen trade.
Plagued by a series of dramatically visual and harrowing nightmares, Curtis (Shannon) can’t decide whether his dreams of an impending disastrous storm are prophetic or rather the beginnings of an inherent slide into madness. His mother, who’s now housed in sheltered accommodation, was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia at roughly the same age Curtis is now, leading him to the conclusion that he’s destined to the same fate. He has a comfortable life, earning enough through his career in construction to support both his wife Samantha (Jessica Chastain) and his adorable,...
Plagued by a series of dramatically visual and harrowing nightmares, Curtis (Shannon) can’t decide whether his dreams of an impending disastrous storm are prophetic or rather the beginnings of an inherent slide into madness. His mother, who’s now housed in sheltered accommodation, was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia at roughly the same age Curtis is now, leading him to the conclusion that he’s destined to the same fate. He has a comfortable life, earning enough through his career in construction to support both his wife Samantha (Jessica Chastain) and his adorable,...
- 10/21/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Sure, The Oscars are what everyone pays attention to, but over the past few years, the awards known as The Gotham Awards have become more and more influential, and more and more intriguing.
With last year’s winner Winter’s Bone becoming the indie darling of last year’s awards season, it remains to be seen as to what this year’s award darling will be, but we know who it may very well end up being. The nominees for this year’s awards have been revealed, and they are not only interesting, but even have a big time Criterion connection amongst them.
Obviously the biggest winners here are the films The Descendants and Martha Marcy May Marlene, both of which walk away with the most nods respectively. Terrence Malick’s Tree Of Life is up for Best Feature, as is one of this writer’s other favorite 2011 releases, Steve James’ The Interrupters.
With last year’s winner Winter’s Bone becoming the indie darling of last year’s awards season, it remains to be seen as to what this year’s award darling will be, but we know who it may very well end up being. The nominees for this year’s awards have been revealed, and they are not only interesting, but even have a big time Criterion connection amongst them.
Obviously the biggest winners here are the films The Descendants and Martha Marcy May Marlene, both of which walk away with the most nods respectively. Terrence Malick’s Tree Of Life is up for Best Feature, as is one of this writer’s other favorite 2011 releases, Steve James’ The Interrupters.
- 10/21/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
In Jeff Nichols' carefully-composed, immensely powerful, and absolutely riveting Take Shelter, Michael Shannon gives a towering performance as Curtis Laforche, a loving husband, doting father, manual laborer, devoted son, and all-around good guy who fears that he may be losing his mind. Merely because of his physical bearing, Curtis presents an intimidating presence. His countenance is stolid, almost stern; his gaze is often impenetrable. Yet he's a gentle giant, attentive to his wife Samantha (Jessica Chastain) and six-year-old daughter Hannah (Tova Stewart). He deals lovingly with Hannah, who is hearing-impaired. As is often the case, Samantha is more adept at communicating with Hannah in sign language than Curtis is, yet he doesn't allow any frustration he may be feeling to become manifest. In fact, Curtis appears to...
- 10/21/2011
- Screen Anarchy
This morning the 21st Gotham Independent Film Award nominations were announced, giving us one of our first indicators of what to keep an eye on when it comes to considering our Oscar predictions. Personally, I really like the list they've come up with, though I'm sure some will immediately wonder what happened to Drive. Well, let's take a look at a few of the org's rules for consideration before getting too upset: Filmmaking with a point of view
Ifp believes that filmmaking is a subjective art form. Each Gotham Independent Film Award will be given to individual films or performers in films where the vision of an individual director, producer, writer or writer/director is abundantly evident, and where the film cannot be classically defined as a "work for hire." Feature-length (defined as over 60 minutes) Films made with an economy of means Films must be American
The film must be...
Ifp believes that filmmaking is a subjective art form. Each Gotham Independent Film Award will be given to individual films or performers in films where the vision of an individual director, producer, writer or writer/director is abundantly evident, and where the film cannot be classically defined as a "work for hire." Feature-length (defined as over 60 minutes) Films made with an economy of means Films must be American
The film must be...
- 10/20/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Nominees for the 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards were revealed this morning, and Fox Searchlight’s bound to be pleased.
Two films the studio will be pushing through the awards season – Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants” and Sean Durkin’s “Martha March May Marlene” – lead the pack with three nominations apiece, including Best Feature (for “Descendants”) and Best Ensemble Performance (for both films).
The studio’s “The Tree of Life,” director Terrence Malick’s rumination on creation and destruction, also scored a Best Feature nomination. All told, Searchlight nabbed eight Gotham nominations. The closest competitor was Focus Features and Sony Pictures Classics, each with three nominations to their names.
The remaining Best Feature nominees were Mike Mills’ “Beginners,” Jeff Nichols’ “Take Shelter” and Kelly Reichardt’s “Meek’s Cutoff.”
The Gotham Awards’ ceremony will be held on Nov. 28 … the same day the New York...
Hollywoodnews.com: Nominees for the 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards were revealed this morning, and Fox Searchlight’s bound to be pleased.
Two films the studio will be pushing through the awards season – Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants” and Sean Durkin’s “Martha March May Marlene” – lead the pack with three nominations apiece, including Best Feature (for “Descendants”) and Best Ensemble Performance (for both films).
The studio’s “The Tree of Life,” director Terrence Malick’s rumination on creation and destruction, also scored a Best Feature nomination. All told, Searchlight nabbed eight Gotham nominations. The closest competitor was Focus Features and Sony Pictures Classics, each with three nominations to their names.
The remaining Best Feature nominees were Mike Mills’ “Beginners,” Jeff Nichols’ “Take Shelter” and Kelly Reichardt’s “Meek’s Cutoff.”
The Gotham Awards’ ceremony will be held on Nov. 28 … the same day the New York...
- 10/20/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
The heavy awards onslaught is gearing up and it is a good year to be Fox Searchlight. The 21st Gotham Independent Film Award Nominations have been announced and two of the studio’s films happen to lead the pack. Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants picked up nominations for Best Feature, Best Ensemble Performance and Best Breakthrough Actor. Their Sundance hit (and one of my personal favorites of the year) Martha Marcy May Marlene picked up Ensemble, Breakthrough Actor and Breakthrough Director for Sean Durkin.
That latter award is a great pack including Mike Cahill for Another Earth, Vera Farmiga for Higher Ground, Evan Glodell for Bellflower and Dee Rees for Pariah. It is also great to see my frontrunner for #1 film of 2011, Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life get a Best Feature nomination. Check out the noms below via indieWIRE.
New York, NY (October 20, 2011) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp...
That latter award is a great pack including Mike Cahill for Another Earth, Vera Farmiga for Higher Ground, Evan Glodell for Bellflower and Dee Rees for Pariah. It is also great to see my frontrunner for #1 film of 2011, Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life get a Best Feature nomination. Check out the noms below via indieWIRE.
New York, NY (October 20, 2011) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp...
- 10/20/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Chicago – It starts with a clap of thunder. Fierce winds cause the once serene landscape to shiver with unease. When the rain comes, it’s the color of motor oil. All it takes is a single glance at the looming gray clouds overhead to realize that the impending storm could be capable of anything. It’s enough to rock a level-headed man to his very foundation.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
These are the visions that have begun to plague Curtis, the weary-eyed protagonist of Jeff Nichols’ second feature effort, “Take Shelter.” Festival buzz has been swarming around this picture like a flock of agitated birds, and expectations of art house buffs are generally through the roof, thanks to a trailer from Sony Pictures Classics that is easily one of the most enticing (and least spoiler-leaden) of the year.
Read Matt Fagerholm’s full review of “Take Shelter” in our reviews section.
Does the...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
These are the visions that have begun to plague Curtis, the weary-eyed protagonist of Jeff Nichols’ second feature effort, “Take Shelter.” Festival buzz has been swarming around this picture like a flock of agitated birds, and expectations of art house buffs are generally through the roof, thanks to a trailer from Sony Pictures Classics that is easily one of the most enticing (and least spoiler-leaden) of the year.
Read Matt Fagerholm’s full review of “Take Shelter” in our reviews section.
Does the...
- 10/7/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Title: Take Shelter Directed By: Jeff Nichols Starring: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart Well paced movies aren’t necessarily swift, but if the storytelling approach is more on the calculated and wallowing side, there better be a strong payoff. While writer-director Jeff Nichols presents Take Shelter as a piece that’ll rock a powerful crescendo, what we get is one that feels rather one-note most of the way through until it spikes just before the end. Nichols makes an honorable attempt at wrapping the piece up in a fulfilling and stirring way, but the jagged build doesn’t make it nearly as satisfying as it could be. Curtis (Michael Shannon) makes a...
- 9/30/2011
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
Everett
“Take Shelter” stars Michael Shannon as Curtis Laforche, a man who lives in a small Ohio town with his wife (Jessica Chastain) and daughter (Tova Stewart), who is deaf. Curtis has apocalyptic visions of a storm, and channels his fears into building a storm shelter in their backyard. His obsessive tendencies cause a strain on his marriage and creates tension with others in the community. But are his apocalyptic visions just hallucinations, or is there more to them?
The...
“Take Shelter” stars Michael Shannon as Curtis Laforche, a man who lives in a small Ohio town with his wife (Jessica Chastain) and daughter (Tova Stewart), who is deaf. Curtis has apocalyptic visions of a storm, and channels his fears into building a storm shelter in their backyard. His obsessive tendencies cause a strain on his marriage and creates tension with others in the community. But are his apocalyptic visions just hallucinations, or is there more to them?
The...
- 9/30/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Summary: Unremittingly intense. Startlingly effective.
Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter is a hard film to pigeonhole. While it contains aspects of science fiction and paranormal thrillers, its beating heart is that of a riveting family drama. Nichols' camera captures familiar domestic images with a crisp, understated sensitivity. There's a haunting immediacy to the proceedings, a constant calm before the storm. And let's not forget about Michael Shannon's giant head.
Shannon plays Curtis, a construction worker living somewhere in the flat part of America with his wife Samantha (Jessica Chastain) and daughter Hannah (Tova Stewart). One day, one night actually, he starts having these dreams. He stares up into the sky at forces beyond his control -- bizarre weather phenomena and unpredictable birds at first... but then something meaner. Nastier. Every evening, he goes to bed nervous. Every morning, he wakes up screaming, covered in sweat. The visions are irrefutably apocalyptic,...
Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter is a hard film to pigeonhole. While it contains aspects of science fiction and paranormal thrillers, its beating heart is that of a riveting family drama. Nichols' camera captures familiar domestic images with a crisp, understated sensitivity. There's a haunting immediacy to the proceedings, a constant calm before the storm. And let's not forget about Michael Shannon's giant head.
Shannon plays Curtis, a construction worker living somewhere in the flat part of America with his wife Samantha (Jessica Chastain) and daughter Hannah (Tova Stewart). One day, one night actually, he starts having these dreams. He stares up into the sky at forces beyond his control -- bizarre weather phenomena and unpredictable birds at first... but then something meaner. Nastier. Every evening, he goes to bed nervous. Every morning, he wakes up screaming, covered in sweat. The visions are irrefutably apocalyptic,...
- 9/30/2011
- by Benny Gammerman
- Filmology
Take Shelter is the scariest film of the year. Don't let that statement mislead you, though. While most are being terrified by ghosts or natural occurrences like global epidemics, Take Shelter hits your scare senses two-fold. At first a riveting story about the possible end of the world, it also examines how one person can believe they are losing their mind and the lengths with which they'll go to prove to themselves that they are completely sane. Aided by a best-of-the-year performance from Michael Shannon, Take Shelter grips you from the beginning and slowly jostles in your brain, unnerving you with its imagery and tonal beauty even days after watching it. Shannon plays Curtis, a family man who is trying to do right by his wife, played by Jessica Chastain, and deaf daughter, played by Tova Stewart. Curtis begins having visions of a storm, one that spews yellow rain and...
- 9/26/2011
- by Jeremy Kirk
- firstshowing.net
Take Shelter Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols Starring Jessica Chastain, Michael Shannon I’m used to seeing disturbing movies at Fantastic Fest, but I wasn’t expecting to be emotionally gutted by a film this year. Take Shelter shook me to the core. I felt physically ill halfway through the film, and the reverent silence that followed my screening indicated that I wasn’t alone in my pathos. What is truly astonishing is that the film accomplished this with negligible gore and violence. This is a psychological journey that depends fully on the performance of Michael Shannon as a man who is mentally unraveling right before our eyes, and boy does he deliver. Shannon plays Curtis, a content married man earning an honest wage in a rural town. Save for a deaf daughter (Tova Stewart) who is awaiting a cochlear transplant, his life is uncomplicated and modest. His wife...
- 9/26/2011
- by Shannon
- FilmJunk
New clips from Take Shelter, starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain Sony Pictures Classics' drama thriller helmed by , opens on October 7th in limited areas. Talented Shannon (Reservation Road, Bug, upcoming Man of Steel) is accompanied by Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life) as well as Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Natasha Randall, Ron Kennard, Scott Knisley and Robert Longstreet. Jeff Nichols reunites with Shannon after 2007's Shotgun Stories, scripting and directing Take Shelter. This is another indie offering I've listed as a must see.
- 9/21/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New clips from Take Shelter, starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain Sony Pictures Classics' drama thriller helmed by , opens on October 7th in limited areas. Talented Shannon (Reservation Road, Bug, upcoming Man of Steel) is accompanied by Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life) as well as Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Natasha Randall, Ron Kennard, Scott Knisley and Robert Longstreet. Jeff Nichols reunites with Shannon after 2007's Shotgun Stories, scripting and directing Take Shelter. This is another indie offering I've listed as a must see.
- 9/21/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
“I like the concept of a film that can try to operate on two levels. One, it has to operate on an extremely personal level because you have to find some direct link to an emotion or a feeling you’ve had. I think it has to be a direct link – a palpable feeling that you’ve had otherwise it won’t translate to the audience. Then at the same time, you need to find a bigger topic or idea that you need to talk about. I’m a big believer in trying to balance those two things. It’s tricky, it’s hard, it doesn’t always happen, but it’s the goal.”
That is what director Jeff Nichols said to me in a recent interview about the visual style of his upcoming film Take Shelter. The link or emotion he’s referring to is anxiety and the anxiety throughout the film is palpable.
That is what director Jeff Nichols said to me in a recent interview about the visual style of his upcoming film Take Shelter. The link or emotion he’s referring to is anxiety and the anxiety throughout the film is palpable.
- 9/20/2011
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent
Movie Poster for Take Shelter starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. This is the first poster from the Sony Pictures Classics drama/thriller which opens October 7th this year. Also in the cast of Take Shelter are Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Natasha Randall, Ron Kennard, Scott Knisley and Robert Longstreet. In Take Shelter, Curtis Laforche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah’s healthcare and special needs education is a constant struggle. Despite that, Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and their family is a happy one.
- 7/19/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Movie Poster for Take Shelter starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. This is the first poster from the Sony Pictures Classics drama/thriller which opens October 7th this year. Also in the cast of Take Shelter are Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Natasha Randall, Ron Kennard, Scott Knisley and Robert Longstreet. In Take Shelter, Curtis Laforche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah’s healthcare and special needs education is a constant struggle. Despite that, Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and their family is a happy one.
- 7/19/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Movie Poster for Take Shelter starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. This is the first poster from the Sony Pictures Classics drama/thriller which opens October 7th this year. Also in the cast of Take Shelter are Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Natasha Randall, Ron Kennard, Scott Knisley and Robert Longstreet. In Take Shelter, Curtis Laforche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah’s healthcare and special needs education is a constant struggle. Despite that, Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and their family is a happy one.
- 7/19/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer for Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. Jeff Nichols directs and scripts Take Shelter from Sony Pictures Classics which also stars Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Natasha Randall, Ron Kennard, Scott Knisley and Robert Longstreet. The drama / thriller opens October 7th this year. Curtis Laforche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah’s healthcare and special needs education is a constant struggle. Despite that, Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and their family is a happy one.
- 7/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer for Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. Jeff Nichols directs and scripts Take Shelter from Sony Pictures Classics which also stars Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Natasha Randall, Ron Kennard, Scott Knisley and Robert Longstreet. The drama / thriller opens October 7th this year. Curtis Laforche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah’s healthcare and special needs education is a constant struggle. Despite that, Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and their family is a happy one.
- 7/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer for Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. Jeff Nichols directs and scripts Take Shelter from Sony Pictures Classics which also stars Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Natasha Randall, Ron Kennard, Scott Knisley and Robert Longstreet. The drama / thriller opens October 7th this year. Curtis Laforche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah’s healthcare and special needs education is a constant struggle. Despite that, Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and their family is a happy one.
- 7/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Take Shelter Trailer has premiered. Jeff Nichols‘ Take Shelter (2011) movie stars Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Kathy Baker, and Ray McKinnon. Take Shelter‘s plot synopsis: “Curtis Laforche [Michael Shannon] lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha [Jessica Chastain] and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah’s healthcare and special needs education is a constant struggle. Despite that, Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and their family is a happy one. Then Curtis begins having terrifying dreams about an encroaching, apocalyptic storm. He chooses to keep the disturbance to himself, channeling his anxiety into the obsessive building of a storm shelter in their backyard….”
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- 5/24/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Source Code
Opens: April 1st 2011
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright
Director: Duncan Jones
Summary: A decorated soldier discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. The experiment is a program that enables him to re-live another man's identity in the last eight minutes of his life which he must do repeatedly to find the truth.
Analysis: Two years ago British filmmaker Duncan Jones delivered his indie debut feature "Moon", a little seen but critically acclaimed sci-fi tale that was essentially Sam Rockwell acting alone or against himself. It was fresh, innovative, somber and overall heralded the arrival of a director to watch out for. After failing to secure funding for his next project, Jones quickly hopped onto the helm of this high-concept action/time travel blockbuster.
Naturally came the calls of Jones being a sell out, after all the...
Opens: April 1st 2011
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright
Director: Duncan Jones
Summary: A decorated soldier discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. The experiment is a program that enables him to re-live another man's identity in the last eight minutes of his life which he must do repeatedly to find the truth.
Analysis: Two years ago British filmmaker Duncan Jones delivered his indie debut feature "Moon", a little seen but critically acclaimed sci-fi tale that was essentially Sam Rockwell acting alone or against himself. It was fresh, innovative, somber and overall heralded the arrival of a director to watch out for. After failing to secure funding for his next project, Jones quickly hopped onto the helm of this high-concept action/time travel blockbuster.
Naturally came the calls of Jones being a sell out, after all the...
- 3/20/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The impulse to protect one's family is strong. But what happens when that impulse becomes an addiction, when the growing sense of dread about your family's well-being becomes so overpowering and all-encompassing that you risk losing the very family you're trying to protect? That's one of the questions at the heart of Take Shelter. I have started this review at least half-a-dozen times. Some versions of the review delved right into a discussion of the plot, which focuses on Curtis Laforche (Michael Shannon), a man who begins acting in a way increasingly perplexing to his family and friends because of his private visions of impending doom. Other versions began talking about the finesse with which director Jeff Nichols manages to take a thriller-type film and turn it into a study in paranoia and psychosis. And still other versions jumped into the technical aspects of the film, particularly its absolutely gorgeous cinematography.
- 2/24/2011
- by Seth Freilich
"Curtis (Michael Shannon), the central figure of Jeff Nichols's powerful, enigmatic drama Take Shelter, is living in the grip of overpowering dread," begins Alison Willmore at IFC.com. "An Ohio man with a wife, Samantha (Jessica Chastain), a little girl, Hannah (Tova Stewart), who's deaf, a construction job and a house on the edge of a field, Curtis is plagued with dreams of apocalypse, of swarming black birds, giant storms rolling in from the skyline, thunder and lightning, a thick rain that brings madness to anyone caught out in it."...
- 2/2/2011
- MUBI
With each subsequent role, Michael Shannon seemingly gets better and better. His latest film, Take Shelter, features the Oscar-nominated actor as an blue-collar, Ohio father and husband who begins to develop some mental issues. Issues such as he believes there is massive impending doom on the horizon. As his premonitions become more and more vivid, his mental state begins to adversely affect his family. Written and directed by Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter is the definition of a slow and steady burn powered mostly by Shannon's performance. Though Take Shelter moves like molasses punctuated with moments of frightening intensity, it never loses its dramatic tension. Nichols' script and direction bring the audience into Curtis's mindset. Much as he feels frightened, the pacing and visuals build a continual anticipation. Is Curtis crazy? Is he a prophet? From the minute the film begins, the audience is left with an uneasy feeling and we...
- 1/28/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Curtis (Michael Shannon), the central figure of Jeff Nichols' powerful, enigmatic drama "Take Shelter," is living in the grip of overpowering dread. An Ohio man with a wife, Samantha (Jessica Chastain), a little girl, Hannah (Tova Stewart), who's deaf, a construction job and a house on the edge of a field, Curtis is plagued with dreams of apocalypse, of swarming black birds, giant storms rolling in from the skyline, thunder and lightning, a thick rain that brings madness to anyone caught out in it. These visions are so powerful he can't shake them when awake -- after one in which his frenzied dog bites his arm, he can't bring himself to trust the animal anymore in the light of day, and ends up banishing him to a fenced in area in the backyard.
Curtis has a family history of schizophrenia, but "Take Shelter" leaves it ambiguous as to how...
Curtis has a family history of schizophrenia, but "Take Shelter" leaves it ambiguous as to how...
- 1/27/2011
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
We've all had those dreams that are so intense and compelling we can't shake them even hours after we wake. We've all been convinced of something that seemed a little crazy, but also so real we couldn't ignore it. But when do strange impulses and fears and drives turn into something darker, scarier, endangering your loved ones and earning you a diagnosis and a room in a facility? And what if, despite all the evidence, you turn out to be right? Take Shelter, the title of the new, deeply unsettling film from Jeff Nichols, is the command given to its main character Curtis (Michael Shannon), a blue-collar family man who at first displays none of the coiled intensity we're used to seeing in Shannon's characters. He's a provider to his wife (Jessica Chastain) and a loving father to their deaf daughter (Tova Stewart) but not a particularly forceful or dynamic...
- 1/26/2011
- cinemablend.com
Whether it is a creepy neighbor in Revolutionary Road or a disturbed federal agent from Boardwalk Empire, Michael Shannon normally doesn’t snag family man roles. Re-teaming with director Jeff Nichols after his exquisite debut Shotgun Stories, Shannon is able to explore new territory playing Curtis Laforche, a caring father. Married to Samantha (Jessica Chastain), the couple are raising a deaf daughter (Tova Stewart) in a small Ohio town. From the first scene, Shannon begins to have premonitions of impending natural disaster and other twisted chaos.
While one may throw this insane turn into the backlog of previous roles, Nichols is able to ground this paranoiac fear into something relatable. Shannon clearly loves his family and has the best intentions. His dreams increasingly become more frightening, with thanks from visual effects artists, the Strause Brothers, doing more subliminal work after last year’s disaster Skyline. The catalyst of these nightmares...
While one may throw this insane turn into the backlog of previous roles, Nichols is able to ground this paranoiac fear into something relatable. Shannon clearly loves his family and has the best intentions. His dreams increasingly become more frightening, with thanks from visual effects artists, the Strause Brothers, doing more subliminal work after last year’s disaster Skyline. The catalyst of these nightmares...
- 1/25/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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