‘Kundun’: Martin Scorsese’s Serene Meditation on the Transient Nature of Life
By Koraljka Suton It is no secret that Martin Scorsese is a devoutly religious man. His life-long quest to…
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‘No Country for Old Men’: The Coen Brothers and Cormac McCarthy’s Ruthless Examination of Life
By Sven Mikulec That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the…
‘Fargo’: The Unforgettable Dark Comedy that Set the Coen Brothers Up as a Recognizable Voice in American Cinema
Even though the Coen brothers made a name out of themselves in the indie circles with a series of praised…
‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’: Andrew Dominik’s Visually Stupefying Exploration of One of America’s Oldest Myths
By Sven Mikulec When The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford came out in 2007, a…
‘Homicide’: David Mamet’s Soul-Searching Thriller as a Modern-Day Classic
In the course of the last forty years, the Chicago-born Pulitzer-winning American playwright, screenwriter and director David Mamet steadily built…
‘Barton Fink’: The Coen Brothers’ Meta Way of Dealing With Writer’s Block
The utterly dominant performance of the Coen brothers’ genre-bending Barton Fink at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival forced the executives…
‘The Man Who Wasn’t There’: A Lovely, Artistic Exhibition of the Coens’ Filmmaking Prowess
The Coen brothers’ subtle, restrained and impactful 2001 film noir The Man Who Wasn’t There is an exhibition of stylistic…
“In a perfect world all films would be made by the Coens”
It’s no secret that we are devoted fans of the Coen Brothers, and it’s really not that hard to understand…
“If you have a dream, get up off your ass and start putting one foot in front of the other”
Frank Darabont talks about his childhood as a refugee and immigrant; his youthful attraction to horror and fantasy; and the…