His name is Newton Knight, born 180 years ago and played by Matthew McConaughey in the “The Free State of Jones,” which opened around the country on Friday (June 24). The movie tells the true ...

In interviews, Ross has insisted that he didn’t want “Free State of Jones” to become another white savior movie, but that’s precisely what it is, especially during scenes when the ...

is on trial for breaking the state’s law against interracial marriage - which of course brings forth its own outrage. The performances are uniformly good, the cinematography is gritty but the ...

Newton Knight, the real-life figure behind Matthew McConaughey's Civil War drama "The Free State of Jones," is an undeniably controversial fellow. So it stands to reason that the movie about him ...

Behind the historic events that inspired Matthew McConaughey's new movie, Free State of Jones Free State of Jones brings to life one of the Civil War’s most extraordinary and counterintuitive ...

Matthew McConaughey, left, stars in 'The Free State of Jones,' a Civil War action film ... that the film itself doesn't carry the same movie-of-the-week vibe the trailer does.

Movie fans are getting a first look at the upcoming film, “Free State of Jones,” which is set in Jones County.The trailer for the movie, starring Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey, was recently ...

Among his mandates in Free State of Jones are to re-establish the contention ... that this subject matter has formed the basis for a movie: in 1948, George Marshall directed Van Heflin, Susan ...

Newton Knight, the real-life figure behind Matthew McConaughey's Civil War drama "The Free State of Jones," is an undeniably controversial fellow. So it stands to reason that the movie about him ...