The 2016 black comedy '' Dog Eat Dog '' , Cage 's second film with Paul Schrader , reunited him with Willem Dafoe ( after '' Wild at Heart '' ) as a pair of ex-convicts hired to kidnap a baby . The film had its premiere as the closing entry for the Directors ' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on May 20 , 2016 . It was released on November 4 , 2016 in the United States . Peter Bradshaw of '' The Guardian '' gave the film 4 out of 5 stars , writing , " It 's the right director for the right project and the result is Schrader 's best for years : a lairy , nasty , tasty crime thriller built on black-comic chaos . " Todd McCarthy of '' The Hollywood Reporter '' wrote , " A rare film to have been shot in Cleveland , '' Dog Eat Dog '' definitely looks like it was shot on the cheap but puts what it needs to up on the screen with vigor and wit . " Cage starred alongside Selma Blair and Anne Winters in Brian Taylor 's horror comedy film , '' Mom and Dad '' , which premiered in the Midnight Madness section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival . It was released in theaters on January 19 , 2018 , and received positive reviews from critics , with review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes defining his performance as " over-the-top . " Director John Waters appreciated the film , naming '' Mom and Dad '' as one of the best movies of 2018 , placing it fourth on his personal top list
2016 Cannes Film Festival
2016 Cannes Film Festival
Nicolas Cage