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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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“The Gunman”
The Gunman is an odd hodgepodge of conflicting ideas. It’s adapted from an existentialist French crime novel from the 1980s, but turns it into a conventional action thriller that aims to please some crowds—workable. But onto that is grafted a twinge of social ...
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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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Songs in the Key of Cinema: “Boom Boom” and Bond’s Masculinity in “Skyfall”
Songs in the Key of Cinema is a bi-weekly look at the use of songs in film and how that music fits within the context of the film as a whole and a place where we'll cover the moments in cinema that were music to our eyes and ears.
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Steven Spielberg Contemplates Montezuma and Cortez Film Starring Javier Bardem
The year is still young, but what better way to start it out than by getting the rumor mills running with one of the bigger blockbuster epics potentially coming down the pipeline? With over a year past since Lincoln hit theaters, the world is long overdue for ...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘To the Wonder’
Reaching out is both the quintessential gesture and the central image of Terrence Malick’s films – his latest one being no exception. To the Wonder offers numerous shots of extended hands brushing against objects as different as rock, grass and a lover’s skin....
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Critic Speak: Conflicting Over The Counselor
The latest from Ridley Scott, The Counselor, came out this weekend and it almost immediately became a hot topic in the critical community. I was one of the many critics who gave the film an unfavorable review, but before even Sunday night there was a growing s...
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Another Take: ‘The Counselor’ Is Still Worth Watching
Sitting at 35% on Rotten Tomatoes The Counselor has taken a lot of flak from critics for being too talky and overly dark, but the film is certainly not indecipherable, it just asks its audience to go places, places that audiences may not be willing to delve in...
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Terrence Malick Takes Us On A Journey To the Wonder
There's a line in Terrence Malick's latest film To the Wonder in which Olga Kurylenko's Marina finds herself at the precipice of despair and says "My god... what a cruel war. I find two women inside me. One full of love for you... the other pulls me down towar...
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Movie Mettle: 5 Travel Movies To Test Your Limits
Movie Mettle is a weekly column for moviegoers with weak constitutions. Wish you had the balls to sit through the goriest of horror movies? Want to build up your resistance to weepy rom-coms? Each week we’ll give you a range of five movies that will test your ...
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