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Director Spotlight: The Coen Brothers
FirstShowing.net — ... Blood Simple (1984) Raising Arizona (1987) Miller's Crossing (1990) Barton Fink (1991) The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Fargo (1996) The Big Lebowski (1998) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Intolerable ...

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Enters The Classic Coen Bros. Canon, But Don't Call It A Comeback
film babble blog — Cormac McCarthy : MILLER'S CROSSING is in that category. I don't want to embarrass you, but that's just a very, very fine movie. Joel Coen : Eh, it's just a damn rip-off. - Time Magazine Oct. 18th, 2007 ( A Conversation Between Author Cormac McCarthy And The Coen Brothers ) It has been a while since the Joel and Ethan Coen unleashed a movie that really made an impact. THE LADYKILLERS , INTOLERABLE CRUELTY , and a personal favorite of mine - THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE all had their fair share of moments and merits but you'd have to reach back to O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU to cite any ...

No Country for Old Men
Film School Rejects — ... It has been nearly a decade since the Coen brothers have done anything worth remembering. Most of their recent efforts have been silly little films that tried too hard to be cutesy, or artsy or both. The Man Who Wasn’t There was a serious piece, but it bogged down in an effort to be too abstrusely artistic and mystical; the rest of their recent offerings have bordered on ridiculous. But the trailers to ...

COEN COUNTRY: From the Second Chair to the Electric Chair. The Barber's American Odyssey.
VINYL IS HEAVY — by Michael Strenski "What kind of man are you?" Many a review regarding their most recent film, the effectively affecting No Country For Old Men, has emphasized the flawlessness with which the Coen Brothers have translated Cormac McCarthy's novel from the page to the screen. Whole sections of dialogue have been lifted verbatim from the acclaimed book. The pacing and chain of events in the film are nearly identical to those in the book. Yet the whole film manages to filter its way through the Coen's eerily singular vision, ending up not just a meticulously ...

No Country For Old Men
karlhungus.com — ... , which is certainly not to say it was a bad film, nor was The Man Who Wasn't There for that matter. They were both good films, but certainly not as good as what had proceeded them, and with ...

5 Off The Top Of My Head - The Coens
my new plaid pants — ... Raising Arizona (1987) "Biology and the prejudices of others conspired to keep us childless." The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) "You know what you are? An enthusiast." No Country For Old Men (2007) "That's a dead dog." Barton Fink (1991) ...

The Coen Brothers Reporatory Role Call 1984-2008
film babble blog — ... didn't mean she would turn her nose up at the prospect of reteaming with the Brothers. As the fierce Penny in O BROTHER... she seemed right at home. Like Goodman and, well, every one of these folks, I hope to see her in Coen country again someday down the road. Frances McDormand (BLOOD SIMPLE, RAISING ARIZONA, MILLER'S CROSSING, FARGO, THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, BURN AFTER READING): Obvious why she makes the grade. McDormand ...

Frances McDormand Will Have Her Revenge
Film Experience Blog — ... or the like (I say that with love). Whatever has this poor woman been saddled with? Let's look at how they've envisioned McDormand over the years: (Top Row, left to right: Abby, Blood Simple (1984); Dot, Raising Arizona (1987); The Mayor's Secretary, Miller's Crossing (1990). Bottom Row, left to right: Marge Gunderson, Fargo (1996); Doris Crane, The Man Who Wasn't There (2001); Linda Litzke, Burn After Reading ...

Burn After Reading - Review
Film for the Soul — (Joel/Ethan Coen, 2007) As promised, as expected and as always, the Coen's once again follow up a critically acclaimed, serious film, in the case of 'No Country For Old Men' (2007) an Academy Award winning one, with one of their more slapstick and playful films; just as 'Big Lebowski' (1998) followed 'Fargo' (1996) and 'Intolerable Cruelty' (2003) followed 'The Man Who Wasn't There' (2001). Burn After Reading, completes their ...

A SERIOUS MAN: The Film Babble Blog Review
film babble blog — ... , and Ed Crane's (Billy Bob Thornton) UFO dream in THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE. As perplexing as these seemingly ersatz elements are, they are often the most memorable moments of their movies. Imagine if they concocted an entire film out of such scenes. ...

A quizical look at a curious Cozzalio questionnaire
DIRECTORAMA | A filmstrip directed by Peet Gelderblom — ... ex aequo on number one and Chrirurgh holding a gun to my head, I’ll probably go for The Man Who Wasn’t There. ...

Directors of the Decade: Joel and Ethan Coen
Film Experience Blog — ... and a lot of Greek myth (not to forget the contributions of T. Bone Burnett, one of their finest collaborators) and you’ve got classic Coen genre goofiness.  Of course even after our fugitive protagonists save the day and get pardoned, they still find themselves senselessly at the whim of the film’s villain, followed by a Deus ex Machina ending that, from any other director, would be frustratingly unnatural.  But not in the world of the Coens.  After this came The Man Who Wasn’t There, the brothers’ definitive love-letter to film noir.  Just as its ...

The Best Films of the 2000s
FILMdetail — ... (Dir. Steven Soderbergh) Ivansxtc (Dir. Bernard Rose) In the Mood For Love (Dir. Wong Kar Wai) 2001 The Piano Teacher (Dir. Michael Haneke) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Dir. Peter Jackson) Mulholland Drive (Dir. David Lynch) The Man Who Wasn’t There (Dir. The Coen Brothers) Spirited Away (Dir. Hayao ...