The line between reality and fiction is often blurred by the author, who plumbs his or her life experiences to work through anger, grief, remorse, love, etc., pouring those experiences into thinly veiled versions of themselves. But, to use those characters as a blunt instrument in an act of revenge is something different.
Fashion designer cum part-time director Tom Ford explores those themes in his visually perfect, emotionally sterile Nocturnal Animals. He wrote, co-produced, and directed this adaptation of the 1993 novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright. It opened to fairly positive reviews in November but given the heady subject matter, it didn’t find its audience and vanished quickly only to remind audiences of its worthiness when Michael Shannon received an Oscar nod as a Best Supporting Actor nominee.
Susan Morrow (Amy Adams) was once married to Edward Sheffield (Jake Gyllenhaal), a budding novelist. They became lovers during grad school,...
Fashion designer cum part-time director Tom Ford explores those themes in his visually perfect, emotionally sterile Nocturnal Animals. He wrote, co-produced, and directed this adaptation of the 1993 novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright. It opened to fairly positive reviews in November but given the heady subject matter, it didn’t find its audience and vanished quickly only to remind audiences of its worthiness when Michael Shannon received an Oscar nod as a Best Supporting Actor nominee.
Susan Morrow (Amy Adams) was once married to Edward Sheffield (Jake Gyllenhaal), a budding novelist. They became lovers during grad school,...
- 2/20/2017
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Hailee Steinfeld in ‘The Edge of Seventeen’ (Courtesy: Stx Entertainment)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
The Oscars might be considered the tip-top of the awards season each and every year, but the Golden Globes are certainly fulfilling one thing this year: highlighting young acting talent. The recent nominations feature five actors and actresses who are less than 30 years of age in the lead and supporting categories across genres. So let’s get to know these contenders, shall we?
Making up the group of youthful thespians at the Golden Globes are Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Apply), Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen), and Emma Stone (La La Land) all in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category — all of whom would be competing in the Best Actress category at the Oscars — as well as Dev Patel (Lion) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals) in...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
The Oscars might be considered the tip-top of the awards season each and every year, but the Golden Globes are certainly fulfilling one thing this year: highlighting young acting talent. The recent nominations feature five actors and actresses who are less than 30 years of age in the lead and supporting categories across genres. So let’s get to know these contenders, shall we?
Making up the group of youthful thespians at the Golden Globes are Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Apply), Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen), and Emma Stone (La La Land) all in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category — all of whom would be competing in the Best Actress category at the Oscars — as well as Dev Patel (Lion) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals) in...
- 12/23/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
Ever since his feature debut A Single Man, cinema fans have been anxious to see more from fashion designer turned filmmaker Tom Ford. This week, they get their wish, as his sophomore outing Nocturnal Animals opens. It seeks to follow in the footsteps of A Single Man and appeal to Academy voters. Personally, I don’t think it’s quite up to that level, but others certainly disagree. Oscar will have its say before long, so let’s see if we can figure out what might happen then. If nothing else, this is a distinctive movie, one that shows Ford to be an auteur that’s not going away anytime soon. The film is an adaptation of the novel Tony and Susan, by Evan Wright. It follows Susan Morrow (Amy Adams), an art gallery owner who is sent a manuscript by her ex husband Edward Sheffield (Jake Gyllenhaal). It’s...
- 11/14/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal star in Tom Ford's second film, the get-under-your-skin drama, Nocturnal Animals. Here's our review.
After starting his movie directorial career in 2009 with the acclaimed A Single Man (steering Colin Firth to an Oscar nomination), Tom Ford has taken his time before returning with his engrossing second film Nocturnal Animals. Thankfully, it's been worth the wait.
Adapted by Ford from Austin Wright's 1993 novel Tony And Susan, the story begins when disillusioned art curator Susan (Amy Adams) receives her ex-husband Edward Sheffield’s (Jake Gyllenhaal) novel, which he has dedicated to her. Susan is left confused: she's had no contact with Edward in decades, for reasons that aren't initially revealed. Why, then, would he dedicate the book to her?
It sets in a motion a movie that has three different threads running through it: we see Susan's unfulfilled life now with a disinterested husband (Armie Hammer...
After starting his movie directorial career in 2009 with the acclaimed A Single Man (steering Colin Firth to an Oscar nomination), Tom Ford has taken his time before returning with his engrossing second film Nocturnal Animals. Thankfully, it's been worth the wait.
Adapted by Ford from Austin Wright's 1993 novel Tony And Susan, the story begins when disillusioned art curator Susan (Amy Adams) receives her ex-husband Edward Sheffield’s (Jake Gyllenhaal) novel, which he has dedicated to her. Susan is left confused: she's had no contact with Edward in decades, for reasons that aren't initially revealed. Why, then, would he dedicate the book to her?
It sets in a motion a movie that has three different threads running through it: we see Susan's unfulfilled life now with a disinterested husband (Armie Hammer...
- 10/26/2016
- Den of Geek
Clothing impresario/film director Tom Ford has returned to the director's chair with a new film called Nocturnal Animals, which is based on a book by Austin Wright. Before we go any further, here's the book's synopsis:
Fifteen years ago, Susan Morrow left her first husband Edward Sheffield, an unpublished writer. Now, she's enduring middle class suburbia as a doctor's wife, when out of the blue she receives a package containing the manuscript of her ex-husband's first novel. He writes asking her to read the book; she was always his best critic, he says.
As Susan reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a math professor driving his family to their summer house in Maine. And as we read with her, we too become lost in Sheffield's thriller. As the Hastings' ordinary, civilized lives are disastrously, violently sent off course, Susan is plunged back into the past,...
Fifteen years ago, Susan Morrow left her first husband Edward Sheffield, an unpublished writer. Now, she's enduring middle class suburbia as a doctor's wife, when out of the blue she receives a package containing the manuscript of her ex-husband's first novel. He writes asking her to read the book; she was always his best critic, he says.
As Susan reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a math professor driving his family to their summer house in Maine. And as we read with her, we too become lost in Sheffield's thriller. As the Hastings' ordinary, civilized lives are disastrously, violently sent off course, Susan is plunged back into the past,...
- 9/9/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Gather round, fashionistas, because I have news for you. For his follow-up to 2009’s “A Single Man,” Tom Ford hasn’t just made one film – he’s sort of made two. “Nocturnal Animals” is an impressively ambitious effort, one part mean Texas thriller, one part middle-age melodrama, and makes for a meta-textual riddle that is almost as pleasurable to reflect on as it to actually watch.
Let’s take it slow. Amy Adams (her again!) plays Susan Morrow, a Los Angeles high society maven with a successful art gallery and a failing marriage. While distant husband Armie Hammer jets between L.A. and New York for business (and, you know, business), Susan lounges in their beautifully adorned house, contemplating her many pieces of modern art, and wondering where it all went wrong.
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She gets...
Let’s take it slow. Amy Adams (her again!) plays Susan Morrow, a Los Angeles high society maven with a successful art gallery and a failing marriage. While distant husband Armie Hammer jets between L.A. and New York for business (and, you know, business), Susan lounges in their beautifully adorned house, contemplating her many pieces of modern art, and wondering where it all went wrong.
Read More: ‘Arrival’ Review: Amy Adams Steals Spotlight In Denis Villeneuve’s Deep-Thinking Alien Invasion Story
She gets...
- 9/2/2016
- by Ben Croll
- Indiewire
True Blood‘s Kristin Bauer Van Straten has joined the cast of Nocturnal Animals, joining Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams, along with Kim Basinger, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ellie Bamber and Robert Aramayo. Based on the book Tony and Susan by Austen Wright, the film follows Susan Morrow, a woman whose life is changed after she receives the manuscript for her ex-husband’s new novel in the mail. Reading about the life of its protagonist, Tony Hastings, Susan is forced to confront…...
- 10/31/2015
- Deadline
Following up his starring role in Gaspar Noé’s sexually explicit romantic drama Love, Karl Glusman has joined the cast of Focus Features’ Nocturnal Animals, based on Austin Wright's 1993 novel Tony And Susan. Written and directed by Tom Ford, the story follows Susan Morrow, whose life is changed when she receives a package containing the manuscript of her ex-husband's first novel. Reading it pulls her into the life of fictional character Tony Hastings, an ordinary man…...
- 10/5/2015
- Deadline
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Amy Adams is currently in talks for the lead role in fashion designer/film director Tom Ford's sophomore feature Nocturnal Animals, with Jake Gyllenhaal attached to play Adams' male counterpart. Further, Joaquin Phoenix and Aaron Taylor-Johnson are also being sought for key roles in the film, a bit of casting that would reunite Phoenix with Adams, whom he acted opposite in 2013's Her. With Adams, Gyllenhaal, and Phoenix potentially working together in the same film, I'd say that alone makes this worth keeping an eye on, but the fact it is a thriller, my favorite genre of film, piques my interest even more. Add in George Clooney and Grant Heslov (The Ides of March) as producers and you've basically got me stashing away funds for a ticket to the film, which Ford adapted from Austin Wright's 1993 novel "Tony and Susan". Below is the synopsis of Wright's novel,...
- 3/26/2015
- by Jordan Benesh
- Rope of Silicon
Several weeks back we reported that Tom Ford, the acclaimed fashion designer and director of the 2009 film A Single Man, had hinted at his next film project, a two-part thriller based on a then un-revealed book. Now THR is reporting the details behind the project, titled Nocturnal Animals.
Nocturnal Animals will be based on a 1993 novel by Austin Wright called Tony and Susan and will be produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov under their Smokehouse Pictures banner. The title Nocturnal Animals actually refers to a story within Tony and Susan. Susan is a professor reading the Nocturnal Animals manuscript from her ex-husband and weighing her past with her husband, while Tony is the character within Nocturnal Animals, a man dealing with the challenges of a vacation turned violent and deadly. Here’s a plot description of Tony and Susan via Amazon and Publisher’s Weekly:
In this intriguing accomplished novel,...
Nocturnal Animals will be based on a 1993 novel by Austin Wright called Tony and Susan and will be produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov under their Smokehouse Pictures banner. The title Nocturnal Animals actually refers to a story within Tony and Susan. Susan is a professor reading the Nocturnal Animals manuscript from her ex-husband and weighing her past with her husband, while Tony is the character within Nocturnal Animals, a man dealing with the challenges of a vacation turned violent and deadly. Here’s a plot description of Tony and Susan via Amazon and Publisher’s Weekly:
In this intriguing accomplished novel,...
- 3/24/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Tom Ford is more than just a fashion designer, he's also the director of the movie A Single Man, which should have won Colin Firth an Oscar over Jeff Bridges in 2010 and would have even been a better film for Julianne Moore to receive an Oscar instead of Still Alice. But it wasn't meant to be, despite how great that film and its performances were. Ford, however, hasn't been quick to make a follow-up to the 2009 feature, but it appears it's time for a sophomore effort. amz asin="0446582905" size="small"Ford is ready to begin work on Nocturnal Animals an adaptation of the Austin Wright novel "Tony and Susan". Ford wrote the screenplay for what's described as a postmodern noir thriller with George Clooney and Grant Heslov producing through Smokehouse Pictures. Here's a description of the book via Amazon: Fifteen years ago, Susan Morrow left her first husband Edward Sheffield,...
- 3/24/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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