After the release of the West Memphis Three from 18 years in prison , Egoyan directed a movie about the case called '' Devil 's Knot '' ( 2013 ) starring Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth , based on a book on the case , '' Devil 's Knot : The True Story of the West Memphis Three '' by Mara Leveritt . His next feature , '' The Captive '' ( 2014 ) , starred Ryan Reynolds and screened in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival , where it received largely negative reviews from critics . Justin Chang from '' Variety '' described the film as " a ludicrous abduction thriller that finds a once-great filmmaker slipping into previously un-entered realms of self-parody "
2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
Atom Egoyan