The film premiered at the '' Seattle International Film Festival '' in 2008 and went on to several other festivals including the '' Traverse City Film Festival '' , co-founded by Michael Moore , and the '' Hamptons International Film Festival '' . More notable was that the film was inexplicably rejected from the South Central Florida film festival . In 2014 the movie was featured on HBO . As well as '' Trainwreck '' , Nichols has had various humor articles published in '' New York Post '' , '' Penthouse magazine '' , and '' Dan 's Papers '' . Nichols is best known for his predominately anti-porn article he wrote in 2014 for Penthouse magazine , " Orgasmic Meditation Friend or Foe ? " As a stand up comic he has opened for Lewis Black , Robert Klein , and sketch comedy group The Whitest Kids U ' Know , who he also did sketches with as a guest . Nichols ran a college game show called Laugh You Lose , where he worked with comics Steve Byrne , Brody Stevens and John Viener . Nichols has been on numerous radio shows including NPR , ( Eastern Long Island . Baltimore , Cape Cod , CT ) the Joey Reynolds show on WOR and The Howard Stern Show . Nichols has written two more books published by Createspace.com , '' Caught '' which got wide acclaim inside the confines of the fishing world but never reached a broader audience as '' Cod '' did . " A good read . Anyone who fishes for striped bass will find this book interesting and entertaining , " wrote Kevin Blinkoff , the editor of '' On The Water Magazine '' , in 2014 . '' Caught '' hit number 16 on Amazon ( Outdoor life and fishing/Greater Ronkonkoma Lakes area ) and '' OM '' was reviewed by Trav S.D. , author of '' NO Applause -- Just Throw Money '' . Nichols lectured at the renowned Four Arts Center in Southern Florida and has performed at many colleges
Hamptons International Film Festival
Hamptons International Film Festival
Jeff Nichols (writer)