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7 Great Movies-Within-Movies
It's hard enough to make one movie, on that we can agree. But it always adds a little extra fun when, within that film, a whole other movie is shown, at least in part. These aren't instances of characters watching real films (a la The Passion of Joan of Arc in...
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Top 10 Non-Franchise Spy Films
With Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit barreling into theaters this weekend, it seems Hollywood will never tire of attaching increasingly-nonsensical phrases onto their most popular spy franchises (Ghost Protocol? Quantum of Solace?); or, in the case of Jack Ryan, tho...
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The 20 Best Scenes of 2013
Last year wasn't just a strong year of film; it was also a year of such an eclectic variety of good films of all sorts. While there wasn't a whole lot to chew on in the mainstream American film landscape, the independent and foreign scenes were thriving with g...
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Sacrificing The Cat: How An Unexpected Faith Condemns ‘Llewyn Davis’
The Coens' latest work is heavily influenced by an oft-ignored religion.
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Coen Brothers To Write Musical Comedy
While Inside Llewyn Davis' due for theatrical release today (read our review of the masterpiece here), the Coen Brothers are already working on another musical-esque feature -- this time, a comedy. Vulture reports that this is one of two brothers the pair are ...
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‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ is One of the Coens’ Best Shaggy Dog Stories
Warning: contains spoilers
In Inside Llewyn Davis, the titular protagonist (Oscar Isaac) is yet another one of Coens’ unlucky characters, bewildered by the cruel twists of fate. But what separates Davis—loosely based on folk musician Dave Van Ronk—from the ...
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Why Next Year’s ‘Fargo’ FX Series Warrants Equal Doses of Skepticism and Excitement
Fans of Joel and Ethan Coen have had time for the latest news on the upcoming TV adaptation of Fargo to sink in, after it was made public that the FX 10-part series would not feature any of the characters from the source material as originally thought. Instead...
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Netflix Instant Picks 4/12/13—4/18/13
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant in the United States and Canada. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. From each library we select one Newly...
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The Coen Brothers in Nayman’s Terms: The Necessary Means for a Higher Education
Adam Nayman is a well-known figure in the Toronto film community and a critic for The Grid TO and CinemaScope, among other publications. Toronto Correspondent Tina Hassannia had a chance to talk to him about his upcoming course on the Coen brothers, which star...
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