Telluride: The Coen Bros. and T Bone Burnett celebrated for telling the stories of American music

Posted by · 2:15 pm · August 31st, 2013

Given the Coen brothers’ catalog of great American films, they would have been perfectly suited to a tribute unto themselves at this year’s 40th annual Telluride Film Festival. But when you consider Telluride’s connection to music via the annual Bluegrass music festival held in June, the Coens’ collaboration with T Bone Burnett over the years and particularly how that collaboration has reached a peak with this year’s “Inside Llewyn Davis,” honoring them together made way too much sense.

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'Inside Llewyn Davis' soundtrack, featuring Justin Timberlake and Marcus Mumford, out in September

Posted by · 9:42 am · June 28th, 2013

The T Bone Burnett-produced folk collection is sure to be a hipster favorite.

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Cannes and the Coens

Posted by · 5:12 pm · May 26th, 2013

With the Cannes awards announcement the filmmaker siblings entered a bit of rare air with their latest film, “Inside Llewyn Davis”: Joel Coen joined Michael Haneke and Wim Wenders as the only filmmakers to have netted a Palme d’Or, a Grand Prix and a Best Director award at the festival.

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The Lists: Top 10 George Clooney performances

Posted by · 6:36 pm · November 15th, 2011

With “The Ides of March” in theaters and “The Descendants” on the way, we take a look at George Clooney’s best work to date. Performances that made the cut include roles in “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Three Kings” and “Michael Clayton.”

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