Nichols’ cast nails the right mixture of toughness and vulnerability; these guys are all hard as hell (a poor choice of words for a leather-bound movie with so little homoeroticism), but they need each other like a comfort blanket. Nichols regular Michael Shannon is a scary-fun delight as a “Pinko”-hating outcast who feels rejected by his country, Boyd Holbrook brings some breezy charm to his role as the group’s resident mechanic, and Norman Reedus eventually rolls in from California with dirt on his teeth and a dangerous agenda (imagine the dumpster creature from “Mulholland Drive” riding a Harley-Davidson). Meanwhile, the ever-unsubtle Emory Cohen reins things in as a bug-eating Vandal who’s just in it for a laugh. Jodie Comer hails from Liverpool and there’s something in the Mersey river over there that gives people, women in particular, a certain strength. Comer channels that strength into her acting. Sure, she excelled in Killing Evebut you’d understand more about what I’m talking about if you’d seen her hold the stage inSuzie Miller’s one-woman play Prima Faciethat played in London’s West End and on Broadway, winning her the Laurence Olivier Award and the Tony Award for best performance by an actress.

I'd recommend reading a few sections, lingering over a few photos, then repeat until finished. The rhythm of the text can take a minute to get ahold of. But once you do you are treated to these small stories of people living in a world that most of us will never encounter or engage with otherwise. Anthony D'Alessandro (November 21, 2023). "New Regency's 'The Bikeriders' Looking For A New Home". Deadline. The thing I created more than anything was the love triangle and how interesting for it not to be these two guys fighting over a girl, but to be this woman and this leader of this club fighting over this young man.” Tom Hardy, Austin Butler and Jodie Comer to Begin Filming New Movie in Cincinnati". Cincinnati CityBeat. August 8, 2022 . Retrieved August 11, 2022.

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Well, you don’t want to say they’re cliché, which is women are drawn to the bad boys and that stuff, because we all are, because I’m as attracted to Benny as she is, not in a sexual way, but in that way…and that was honestly kind of the purpose,” Nichols said. Chapman, Wilson (August 4, 2022). "Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy to Star in Jeff Nichols Film 'The Bikeriders' ". Variety . Retrieved September 7, 2023.

a b "Photographing the Civil Rights Movement: Danny Lyon and Julian Bond". Proof. 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014 . Retrieved 2015-11-16.He is the founding member of the publishing group Bleak Beauty. He was greatly encouraged in his photography by curator of the Art Institute of Chicago [6] Hugh Edwards, who gave Lyon two solo exhibits as a young man. Glynn, Jennifer (December 8, 2022). "Austin Butler's 'The Bikeriders' Wraps Filming". Collider . Retrieved February 6, 2023.

Nichols creates a wide tapestry with The Bikeriders, drawing upon midwestern nostalgia and crafting characters from photographs and song lyrics, but this is both its strength and its downfall as the emotional heart of the story gets lost amongst all its formal choices. I didn't see "The Bikeriders" until years after it was published, when I ran across it in a college library. Often compared to Robert Franks' "The Americans" or Larry Clark's "Tulsa" for its' grit and immersion in the subject, Danny Lyon’s book of photography was sort of a companion piece to Hunter Thompson's "Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga" - firsthand New Journalism reporting about life on "The Edge", seemingly casual but with a whiff of latent violence in every breath, ready to catch a spark and ignite. Thompson rode a BSA Lightning 650, Lyon rode a Triumph TR6 and the bikers rode Harley Davidsons, but what really separated the reporters from their subjects was violence and the fear of violence. The confidence they enjoyed from the outsiders who allowed them access to an insular tribe was provisional. The threat of violence was an existential fact for the initiated, and the reporters’ option to step away to safety put them at an arm's length. They would never have as much skin in the game, but their provisional status membership in that tribe was highly valued by them.Kroll, Justin (August 17, 2022). "Michael Shannon, Boyd Holbrook and Damon Herriman Latest To Join Jeff Nichols The Bikeriders At New Regency". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 17, 2022. And it would be easy, and a tad lazy, to label The Bikeridersas a picture-book movie (Adam Stone’s cinematography is undeniably sublime) about pretty boys on their fast, gleaming choppers. The Bikeriders premiered as the opening film of the 50th Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023. [1] [2] It was originally scheduled to be theatrically released on December 1, 2023, by 20th Century Studios, but it was taken off the release schedule due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, which prevented the cast from promoting the film. [13] [14] Following this, on November 20 that year, it was reported New Regency was shopping the film to rival studios and streamers for release instead and only two days later Focus Features acquired global distribution rights to the film, now scheduled for a theatrical release in 2024, with its parent Universal Pictures distributing internationally. [15] [16] Reception [ edit ] All of Lyon's publications work in the style of photographic New Journalism, [4] meaning that the photographer has become immersed, and is a participant, of the documented subject.