On Movies & Media The Coen Brothers: Winning With Losers "Coen losers tend to stay losers." — Damian Arlyn on the Coen brothers' characters
On Movies & Media The Theology of the Coen Brothers? A Conversation Between Matt Zoller Seitz and Jeffrey Overstreet Originally titled "O Coen Brothers, Where Art God?", this is my conversation with Matt Zoller Seitz about theology, Raising Arizona, morality, Fargo, good and evil, The Big Lebowski, and so much more.
On Movies & Media Are the Coen Brothers "filmmakers of faith"? Last weekend, I accepted an invitation to St. Leo University near Tampa, Florida, to participate in a public discussion about — of all things — the movies of the Coen brothers. Brent Short, the school’s director of library services, organized this seminar, and we were joined by Erica Rowell (author of
Film Reviews Hail, Caesar! (2016) A powerful man sitting behind a desk? Check. A suitcase full of money? Check. A night drive on a dark and winding road? Check. High-speed banter à la Preston Sturges? You betcha. Yes, indeed — Hail Caesar! is a movie by Joel and Ethan Coen. It has all of the defining
Looking Elsewhere Looking Elsewhere: October 28, 2015 A farewell to a beloved film critic. Free music from Welcome Wagon. The President and Marilynne Robinson, Part 2. The Dardenne brothers. Back to the Future. Mulholland Drive. And news about three promising film projects.
On Books & Writing Collectors: Why do you collect? With this weekend came came the latest breaking news from the Criterion Collection, and once again my cinephile's heart did its dance of joy. The announcement came with their semi-annual posting of titles that have been recently given the high-quality Criterion treatment for an upcoming release on blu-ray.
