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The Complex Morality of “No Country for Old Men”
James Blake Ewing explores the thorny moral issues at the heart of Joel and Ethan Coen's "No Country for Old Men."
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On the Coens’ Love-Hate Relationship with Hollywood
Jake Cole on the Coens' relationship with Hollywood and stardom.
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Now Playing: “Hail, Caesar!”
Vikram Murthi on the big new release of the week: Joel and Ethan Coen's "Hail, Caesar!"
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The Matter Of Existing: On “Inside Llewyn Davis”
With its dim blues, browns, and greens, it would be easy to mistake Inside Llewyn Davis for a chilly film. In fact, it is a cold film, at least by its snow-laden setting. Llewyn Davis trudges through the wintry streets of New York and Chicago in a weathered ja...
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“Bridge of Spies” Is Snarky and Suspenseful
Bridge of Spies is the true story of James Donovan, an insurance claims lawyer tasked with negotiating the release of a military pilot shot down over enemy lines during the height of the Cold War. Directed by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay assist from Joe...
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“Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter”
The first image of David Zellner’s Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is not its own. Rather, it is the opening text—a wry “true story” disclaimer filtered through the fuzzy distortion of a worn VHS—from the Coen brothers’ Fargo. The analog snow and intense tracking,...
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Coens’ “Hail, Caesar!” Coming in 2016
If the Marvel Phase 3 announcement proved anything it's that it is never too early to start getting excited over a film coming out in the future. What has fans pumped today is news from Universal that the Coen Brothers' Hail, Caesar! will be hitting theatres i...
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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 Office Movies
With Mad Men coming back on the air for its (bifurcated) final season, and me returning to work after a wonderful weekend at the Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival, I've got offices on my mind. Luckily, the office is not an infrequent topic in cinemat...
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Challenging the Canon: “No Country For Old Men”
As widespread as they are, film adaptations of novels rarely come close to satisfying audiences familiar with the source. The relationship between reader and reading material can possess a covetous quality. Novels spark the imagination of an individual, and wh...
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