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Cormac McCarthy

A collection of 5 posts

On Movies & Media

Brett McCracken Interviews the Director of "The Road"

Christianity Today has posted Brett McCracken's interview with John Hillcoat about directing The Road. Here's an interesting excerpt: John Hillcoat: Yes, that's right. Cormac is very intrigued by grace under pressure and a higher spiritual element than man. He's also interested in

Looking Elsewhere

Browser, 10/23

I'm a big fan of Todd Field, who directed In the Bedroom and Little Children. And I can't believe what I just read: Brad Ingelsby will write the screenplay, which centers on a couple who, in a bid for cash, bury a wealthy man alive only

On Books & Writing

Cormac McCarthy: Now an Oprah Author

Oprah just picked The Road. Wow. That's gutsy. The Road is a dark, dark, dark post-apocalyptic work, from all that I've read about it. (Check out Adam Walter's reaction.) I just finished reading McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, which is the

On Movies & Media

Coen Brothers news!! Is your "Lost" theory better than this one? Lark News!

Thursday specials:COEN BROTHERS RETURN!! The next Coen Brothers film? Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem. YOU SEE, IT'S REALLY QUITE SIMPLE... Thanks, Opus, for the link to the most intriguing "Lost" theory I've

All the Pretty Horses (2000)

All the Pretty Horses (2000)

[This review was first published at the original Looking Closer website in December 2000 — long before I learned the painful details of how Harvey Weinstein hacked the life out of it and left us this severely abridged version — and robbed us of an original score by Daniel Lanois.) I still