Before the film arrives on Netflix and in select theaters, read our The Ballad of Buster Scruggs review to find out about the Coen Brothers' latest.
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In our Monday morning Hail Caesar review, we delve into how the latest from directors Joel and Ethan Coen first into their larger canon.
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In honor of the release of Hail, Caesar, we have assembled a list of the ten best Coen brothers scenes, from Blood Simple through Inside Llewyn Davis.
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A new George Clooney Coen Brothers collaboration is on the way, however, this time it will be the actor behind the camera with a script from the duo.
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The Quentin vs Coen Art Show comes to San Francisco four years after debuting there. It's at the Spoke Art gallery featuring work based on the filmmakers.
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The Coen Brothers' next film will be Hail Caesar, a comedic picture about a fixer in 1950s Hollywood. George Clooney was attached to star at one point.
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The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis has earned strong buzz from the get-go, picking up the Grand Jury Prize shortly after its Cannes debut and earning Best Feature at the Gotham Independent Film Awards this past weekend. Now, after months of hype and even more months of marketing, it's finally about to arrive in theaters. Oscar…
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Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This…
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Unless you were at a film festival recently, you're probably still waiting for the new Coen Brothers movie, Inside Llewyn Davis. The tale of a '60s New York folk singer got stellar reviews out of Cannes and Telluride. It hits US theaters on December 20. Of course, with the pending release of one Coen Brothers movie,…
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Whereas some filmmakers prefer to stick with one mode or another, the Coen Bros. have shown an ability to leap from Depression-era Greek musical epic to '90s stoner neo-noir comedy to violent Oscar-winning thriller. Their newest film, Inside Llewyn Davis, sees them dropping by '60s New York for an intimate character study of a folk musician.…
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A sequel to The Big Lebowski never seemed all that likely to happen, but if you were still holding out hope somehow you might as well stop now. Joel and Ethan Coen have expressed their total lack of desire to make any more Lebowski-related films, including the long-rumored spinoff about Jesus Quintana. For that matter, it doesn't…
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When Angelina Jolie signed on last year to replace Francis Lawrence at the helm of Unbroken, she became the latest in a long line of filmmakers who've tried to bring the Lou Zamperini tale to the big screen. And I mean long: Universal has been attempting to make a biopic of the Olympic track star…
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Superheroes aren't the only ones showing off their goods today. A batch of new photos have dropped for a trio of highly anticipated releases that don't involve flowing capes or secret powers (at least, that we know of): Ti West's The Sacrament, Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis, and Terrence Malick's To the Wonder. Check…
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For their follow-up to 2010's True Grit, Joel and Ethan Coen are heading to a whole other time and place. Based on the memoir The Mayor of MacDougal Street by musician Dave Van Ronk, Inside Llewyn Davis follows the a rising singer-songwriter (Oscar Isaac) through the folk music scene in '60s New York. The film's been at…
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What we've got here is a remake of a classic caper movie from the writers of Fargo starring an Oscar-winner, a box-office bombshell and a naked Professor Snape. The movie is Gambit, directed by Michael Hoffman, with a screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen starring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman. Firth plays an…
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The classic Marge Gunderson quote "I just think I'm gonna barf" might comes to mind when you hear that FX has begun adapting the classic Coen Brothers film Fargo for television. But don't go tossing your cookies just yet. While the idea was already attempted ten years ago without the Coen's blessing both Joel and…
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Inside Llewyn Davis gets a spot on our most-anticipated list simply because it's a new Coen Brothers project, but so far it's been tough to get a good sense of what the film will actually be like. We've seen a few stills and have a basic idea of the premise, but no clips, teasers, or…
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An Education wasn't Carey Mulligan's first film, but it's the one that launched her to the top of every director's wishlist. Since that coming-of-age tale opened in 2009, she's been picking up one juicy role after another. This year saw her starring opposite Ryan Gosling in Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive and earning praise for her…
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Bowling shirts and bathrobes packed the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City Tuesday night for a cast reunion and screening of The Big Lebowski, in honor of the film's limited edition Blu-ray release. On hand to discuss the beloved cult classic were musical archivist T-Bone Burnett and stars Jeff Bridges, John Turturro, Julianne Moore, John Goodman,…
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Last month, a battle between Quentin Tarantino and The Coen Brothers began on art gallery walls in New York City. Later this week, that battle continues in San Francisco as Spoke Art presents Quentin vs. Coen Round Two, a follow-up exhibit to their wildly successful New York show. Tons of recognizable artists have contributed new…
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Entertainment Weekly just published their list of the 25 Greatest Active Film Directors. It's one of those really annoying slideshow stories, so we've done the legwork and printed the entire shortlist after the jump. 1. Steven Spielberg 2. Peter Jackson 3. Martin Scorsese 4. Christopher Nolan 5. Steven Soderbergh 6. Ridley Scott 7. Quentin Tarantino…
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