In honor of the twentieth anniversary of The Big Lebowski, the folks at ScreenCrush decided to take a look back at all the films in the Coen brothers’ oeuvre and find the ways in which they’re connected. Rather than focusing on literal shared universe connections like Tarantino’s Red Apple Cigarettes, this video is…
Last week I was lamenting how boring Damien Darhk has become on this series, but I’m fully invested in him after “No Country For Old Dads,” a very silly episode that also makes Damien an interesting, complicated character again. Continuing this season’s trend of cinematic homages, tonight’s episode is inspired by the…
The Coen brothers’ 2007 film No Country For Old Men is unlike the traditional westerns it pays homage to. The good guy gets shot, the bad guy gets away, and the audience is left feeling uneasy about the whole experience. Perhaps the most non-traditional moment of the entire film is its seemingly unrelated closing…
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Cormac McCarthy is the author behind The Road, All The Pretty Horses, No Country For Old Men, Ridley Scott’s The Counselor, and a suite of other acclaimed novels. They’re frequently nightmarish works set in the Deep South and along the Mexico-Texas border, written in opaque, Old Testament furor and peopled by…
Last week there was a great disturbance in the cinephile force. The BBC tasked 177 critics from 36 countries to put together the top 100 films of the 21st century (so far). The list has caused quite a bit of conversation and some controversy over what was included and excluded and the overall rankings of the films.…
In his 1998 book The Big Lebowski: The Making Of A Coen Brothers Film, William Preston Robertson identified a few important motifs in the films of brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, including “howling fat men,” “blustery titans,” “peculiar haircuts,” and “lost hats.” But there may be at least one major theme Robertson…
August would be a good time to burrow into some of the Coen brothers’ recent films as Amazon Prime is adding both Inside Llewyn Davis and No Country For Old Men next month. Revisiting The Matrix trilogy might also be in order, as all three movies will also be available. Unnerving classics like A Clockwork Orange and …
In his Histories, the Greek writer Herodotus records a curious custom of the Persian government. When faced with a crucial decision, the leaders would discuss the matter twice: once when sober, and again when drunk (or vice versa). This way they could be sure to consider multiple options and find the best solution to…
With the Academy Awards rapidly approaching, a lot of movie-lovers are spending winter playing catch up with the year’s nominees. But for those who’ve already completed their checklist (or those who have plenty of other years of cinematic history to get through first), Lionsgate Home Entertainment has curated a…
Despite working in a multitude of genres, with different directors of photography and editors, there still are some tell-tale elements of the Coen Brothers’ style. Usually people will point to their writing, with quick yet deep characterization and unique dialogue that betrays a quirkiness inherent to their works.…
Mario Kart lends dramatic flair in this YouTube video illustrating an abridged version of Tommy Lee Jones’ dream monologue from No Country For Old Men.