Tired Of Nichols' Diatribes Against Rail

"...Dear Editor, I am tired of Lee Nichols' diatribes against rail. His articles on the Red Line..."

April 12, 2011 Postmarks

What Planet Are You From?

"...Directed by: Mike Nichols. Starring: Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, John Goodman, Greg..."

March 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Graduate

"...Directed by: Mike Nichols. Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Birdcage

Based on its French predecessor, La Cage aux Folles, this American comedy tells the story of two gay men trying to pass as straight for a family gathering.

"...Directed by: Mike Nichols. Starring: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne..."

March 8, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Designated Mourner

"...Directed by: David Hare. Starring: Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson and David De Keyser. The Designated..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Duplicity

Julia Roberts and Clive Owen star in this new thriller about schemers and double-dealers.

"...(Roberts, with whom Owen had more compelling chemistry in Mike Nichols' acidic Closer). The overlong film plays fast and..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rushmore

A modern cult classic.

"...anything, this outré, wildly original piece of cinema recalls Mike Nichols' The Graduate, especially in one scene in which..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pallbearer

"...loses that tone a bit later, but shades of Mike Nichols' film reappear, most notably in the character of..."

May 10, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Charlie Wilson's War

Despite a script by Aaron Sorkin, direction by Mike Nichols, and star turns by Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this good-natured geopolitical romp falls flat.

"...Directed by: Mike Nichols. Starring: Tom Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julia Roberts,..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Closer

Love’s fractured fairy tale, writ small and petty and almost too real to bear without flinching.

"...Directed by: Mike Nichols. Starring: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman and..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Regarding Henry

"...Directed by: Mike Nichols. Starring: Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Bill Nunn and..."

July 12, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wolf

"...Directed by: Mike Nichols. Starring: Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate..."

June 24, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Clear As 'Mud'

Writer/director Jeff Nichols dishes the dirt on his third feature

"...Jeff Nichols makes films that are very personal and precise yet..."

April 26, 2013 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Silkwood

Wonderful performances steal the show in this film based on Oklahoma's real-life, plutonium-factory whistle-blower.

"...Directed by: Mike Nichols. Starring: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T...."

March 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Primary Colors

"...Directed by: Mike Nichols. Starring: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Adrian Lester, Billy..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, and Kevin Spacey. Directed by Mike Nichols. In this dazzling romantic comedy, Melanie Griffith discovers..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Brothers in Arms

Jeff Nichols' Southern Gothic family saga, 'Shotgun Stories'

"...but rather Hayes vs. Hayes in Austin-based writer-director Jeff Nichols' acclaimed debut feature, a lean, angular tale of revenge..."

June 27, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...Rick: Those are specific points of—don't forget Mike, Tony and Cynthia, that's a support group...."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

'The New Yorker,' My Mother, and Me

An Austin writer courses through her favorite magazine's festival circuits.

"...critic John Lahr interviewed improv artist and film/theatre director Mike Nichols at the French Institute. Audience was mature, argent-haired,..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Books Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Postmarks

Nichols Is Biased

"...Under "News at Nine" ["Media Clips," Vol.18, No.19], Lee Nichols has the KOOP Radio Board of Trustees "claiming that..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Column

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...D: David Hare; with Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson, David de Keyser...."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Second Act

Lean In meets The Secret of My Success in workplace rom-com

"...hoary genre tropes is about as far away from Mike Nichols, or Elaine May for that matter, as you..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Graduate

It isn't exactly like the movie, but City Theatre's stage adaptation is well-acted and provocative

"...filmmaking techniques and harsh social commentary. Unbeknownst to many, Mike Nichols' film is actually based on Charles Webb's novel..."

May 1, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Submarine

This British film is a bracingly deadpan coming-of-age story that proudly wears its Wes Anderson influences on its sleeve.

"...sleeve – Wes Anderson's Rushmore, Harold and Maude, and Mike Nichols' The Graduate spring immediately to mind – and..."

June 17, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Skills Like This

Winner of the SXSW Audience Award in 2007, Skills Like This is the story of a would-be writer and his impulsive, overnight career as a bank robber.

"...are reminiscent of future "plastics" investor Benjamin Braddock, of Mike Nichols' unsurpassable The Graduate. Actually, Berger's protagonist – Max,..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Humboldt County

This fine ensemble piece – thoughtful and cheering, even giddy in stabs – presents a seriocomic, sympathetic portrait of a pot-growing family operating along the coast of Northern California.

"...no one has graduated to within striking distance of Mike Nichols and Elaine May, much less Hal Ashby or..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two

The artistic genius of 79-year-old cinematographer Haskell Wexler is only the beginning of his story; the passion and eloquence of his lifelong political commitment stand equal to his cinematic achievements

"...Richardson's The Loved One (1965 – he also co-produced), Mike Nichols' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Norman Jewison's..."

June 10, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Garden State

A mash note to love that speaks to Generation Y as powerfully as The Graduate did to the Boomers.

"...instead here feels like a revelation. The comparison to Mike Nichols’ generation-defining ’67 masterpiece is more than apt. At..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

After watching the HBO production of Angels in America -- for all its faults and annoyances, its unrelenting attention to the crass and sensational -- I'm reminded all over again why TV can matter.

"...effort to mimic the pageantry of the original, director Mike Nichols sometimes overstates certain visuals, particularly in Millennium Approaches...."

Dec. 5, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Tomcats

"...feature debut, the Farrellys rank right up there with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, and American Pie might as..."

March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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