Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones star in “Train Dreams,” which is adapted from Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella. Clint Bentley, who oversaw the 2021 Sundance drama “Jockey,” directed the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Greg Kwedar.

Our own review called it a "patient, profound and painful experience" and compared it to the work of Terrence Malick. The movie, about a logger who is working on the railroad, was co-written and directed by Clint Bentley.

Eva Victor appears in Sorry, Baby by Eva Victor, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Mia Cioffy Henry.

Clint Bentley's 'Train Dreams' stars Joel Edgerton as a cursed Pacific Northwest logger, adapted from a Denis Johnson novella.

Clint Bentley’s latest film, "Train Dreams," is a deeply felt, must-see historical drama starring Joel Edgerton

With a handsome actor like Joel Edgerton, audiences typically find themselves looking at his face, or those ice-blue movie-star eyes. But in “Train Dreams,” I found myself looking at his hands, great big mitts,

This Sundance premiere should have no problem attracting buyers, who will court adult audiences craving a mature, tear-jerking drama. Bentley, whose Jockey played at Park City in 2021, recently earned a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination alongside his longtime creative partner Greg Kwedar for Sing Sing,

Netflix is buying the Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones drama Train Dreams. Sources tell us that the deal was in the high teen millions. Pic is based on the 2011 Denis Johnson novella and directed by Academy Award-nominee Clint Bentley.