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What\u2019s better than movies like this? Guys being dudes! This week, Vulture television critic Roxana Hadadi joins us to return to the McConaissance with Jeff Nichols\u2019 Mud<\/i>. Matthew McConaughey stars as the film\u2019s eponymous criminal who befriends a young teenager (played by Ty Sheridan) grappling with the death of his town and his parents\u2019 divorce.\u00a0The film debuted at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival while Nichols\u2019 star was on the rise and McConaughey was mid-ascendancy, but was mildly received on the global stage. When the film was released in stateside theaters the following spring, critics were much more enthusiastic about Nichols\u2019 take on masculinity and myth, but the film was ultimately overshadowed by McConaughey\u2019s other Best Actor bid, Dallas Buyers Club<\/i>.<\/p>\n
This episode, we discuss the filmography of Jeff Nichols, including the divisiveness of Take Shelter<\/i>\u2019s ending and projects that almost happened. We also get into Sheridan\u2019s career as a young actor, Matt Damon\u2019s macho crypto ad, and the Independent Spirit Awards Robert Altman prize.<\/p>\n
Topics also include Chris Pine nearly playing the lead, Taylor Sheridan as Nichols\u2019 tether, and irrational fears of snakes invading our everyday lives.<\/p>\n
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