Jeff Nichols’ Five Favorite Films
The Loving Filmmaker Discusses Paul Newman's Flawed Characters and the Emotional Draw of Kurosawa.

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Filmmaker Jeff Nichols has a whole slew of Certified Fresh films to his name, starting with his 2007 debut Shotgun Stories and onward through Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special, and his latest, Loving, which is currently in theaters in limited release. That’s quite a track record, and so we we jumped at the opportunity to ask him about his own Five Favorite Films, three of which star Paul Newman. Here’s what the man has to say:


