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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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On The Vexing Moral Murkiness of “Sicario”
Denis Villeneuve doesn’t make movies about human beings. After watching his last three works, Prisoners, Enemy, and Sicario, it’s clear that the inhabitants of his worlds are merely representations. This doesn’t seem intentional as much as it is incidental. Hi...
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“Everest” Loses Its Footing Despite Looking Great
A great mystery of mankind is why we feel the desire to tackle the impossible, to face off against a challenge that few, if any, men or women could surmount. Why do people climb Mount Everest? The familiar adage, courtesy of Edmund Hillary, is “because it’s th...
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“Sicario” Needs More Substance And More Emily Blunt
If Doug Liman’s thoroughly entertaining sci-fi flick Edge of Tomorrow demonstrated and reinforced anything besides the inexhaustible movie stardom of Tom Cruise, it was that Emily Blunt was an action heroine of her own accord, more than capable of holding her ...
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“Inherent Vice”
Note. This review originally ran as part of our coverage of the 2014 New York Film Festival.
What if Paul Thomas Anderson wasn’t the much-cherished heir apparent to American Cinema that many in certain circles wish him to be? What if the dude just wanted to...
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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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First “Inherent Vice” Trailer is Totally Bonkers and Wonderful
The first trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's highly anticipated Thomas Pynchon adaptation Inherent Vice has finally landed online, and I am absolutely speechless. This looks totally loony, and I mean that as a gigantic compliment. As you're watching the traile...
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Weekend Box Office: End Of Summer Sameness
The summer movie season officially ended this past weekend as it usually does, with a crop of newcomers doing middling business and some early-August holdovers doing quite well. The unusual aspect of this weekend was twofold, and of course involved the late su...
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