Interviews 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
Inside Llewyn Davis O Coen Brothers, Where Art God? A Conversation with Matt Zoller Seitz "Do the Coens believe in God? Can we even say that for sure? Do they believe in the non-rational, the supernatural? Or are they just pranksters pulling our chains and hoping to spark conversation pieces like this one, while they sit there snickering?" To explore these questions, Press
Coen Brothers No Country for Old Men (2007) Five years ago today, No Country for Old Men played in the U.S. for the first time. The buzz had begun at the Cannes Film Festival a few months earlier, and anticipation was high. It went on to win Best Picture at the Oscars, surprising some by winning over Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood
On Movies & Media Give Us Somebody We Can Blast Into Pieces! Anthony Lane on Battle: Los Angeles: Politically, the film is calculated to a tee. The real America remains in the claws of two foreign conflicts that have been morally and practically contentious from the start, so what can fictional Americans do to heal, or temporarily conceal, such wounds? The answer
Coen Brothers Reader!!!! Mail!!!! This week's blue-ribbon-winning letter from a reader comes in response to my review of No Country for Old Men, which was published at CTMovies. The reader writes: Thank you. You're welcome!!!!!!!!! You are welcome to read my "arguments" in the book Through a Screen
On Movies & Media Michael Leary's Film-think; "No Country" Re-examined Nobody I know takes the question "What is Christian film criticism?" more seriously than Michael Leary. And so I'm thrilled to find him starting up a new site ... film-think where he's posting his thoughts on movies. Check out recent posts on * Paranoid Park * The
On Movies & Media The Oscars, and How to Pick a Real Winner... Who will take home those golden chunks of cheese tonight? Well, if you're looking to play the annual game, I posted my predictions in an earlier post. Feel free to post yours here. Or better, which films you would pick if you were handing out the Oscars. As
Looking Elsewhere Specials: No Country for Old Men, The Golden Compass, and Tim Burton The Coens and The Golden Compass You can now download my conversation with radio show host Paul Edwards as we discuss the Coen Brothers'No Country for Old Men... and then the controversy surrounding The Golden Compass. * The Coens... They're Not Nihilists Among people who write about
Coen Brothers No Country for Old Men (2007): guest review Campbell University's Kenneth R. Morefield has just seen one of the films I'm most eager to see this autumn. Here's his review. (Thanks, Ken!) * “What are you going to do about that? Nothing. That’s what you are going to do.” “He realized that
On Movies & Media No Country is "Staggering," "Coen's Best Dark Film Ever" Oh, but I do hate to say "I told you so." Jeffrey Wells is reeling, raving, overwhelmed by the new Coen Brothers' movie. This is going to be a difficult test of my patience. I'm going nuts here. I've got to see this
Coen Brothers Coen Brothers' New Film "a Glory to Behold"? I was excited when I read the book. I've been eager for the film. If I see more reviews like this, the wait is going to become unbearable... No Country for Old Mena glory to behold * Jeff GP at The Six-Reel Shuffle Wow.
