Posts Tagged ‘Coen Brothers’
Film Review – Tollbooth
On its surface, Tollbooth (2021) has a lot going for it. Written by Matt Redd and directed by Ryan Andrew Hooper (in their feature-length debuts), this is a comedic crime thriller set in an interesting location with several colorful characters. All the participants operate in their own separate little stories and…
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Episode 97 – The Tragedy of Macbeth
For this week’s podcast, we discuss the highs and lows of the Coen brothers‘ body of films and we review Joel Coen‘s solo effort, The Tragedy of Macbeth. We also cover the 1987 brat-pack dramedy, Some Kind of Wonderful for our streaming homework. The hidden…
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Film Review – No Sudden Move
No Sudden Move (2021) is a terrific, pulp-noir throwback. It displays tight precision in front of and behind the camera, managing a rollercoaster of a plot. In lesser hands, this could have crumbled into messy incoherence. But in the hands of experienced professionals, it maintains…
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Episode 54 – Run
In this episode of the podcast, we review the direct-to-Hulu thriller Run, starring Sarah Paulson. We also catch up with the movie news, and at the end of the program, we review the Coen brothers‘ 1984 debut, Blood Simple. Download the episode here.
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SIFF Film Review – Southside With You
I kind of hate it when movies are about real people because you can never really get rid of the baggage that comes with a recognizable name. No fictional movie is 100% factual (no matter what the filmmakers want to you believe) because things inevitably…
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SIFF Film Review – Dawn
If life is often absurd, life in the Eastern Bloc must have had exceptionally absurd particularities. These details are warped even further in Dawn (original language title: Ausma), a hilariously grotesque parade of everyday life in a Latvian farming collective: through denunciations and bowl haircuts;…
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SXSW Interview – John Ashton, Steven Piet & Erik Crary – Uncle John
Spencer interviews actor John Ashton, director/writer Steven Piet & writer/producer Erik Crary from the crime thriller Uncle John at SXSW 2015.
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SXSW Film Review – Uncle John
Uncle John (2015) starts off with a fantastic opening sequence. Accompanied by a voiceover reciting scripture and describing the likes of hellfire, we see images of dusty back roads, expansive countryside, and the eerie calmness of a small lake. Then, we see a murder take…
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