Nebraska

For those not familiar with Alexander Payne's work as a director - he has given us some gems such as About Schmidt, Sideways and The Descendants. Most of his films are set in Omaha and around, and recurring themes include relationships, especially marriages and adultery. His latest offering, Nebraska, does not stray too far from the whole relationship angle, but what makes it different is that it is shot in black and white, thus emphasising the starkness of the Midwestern part of the United States, as well as the desolation and mundane everyday existence in the lives of the people there.