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And it is as it should have been expected. The question now is, will it match Oscar’s five 100%? It’s worth noting that “True Grit” is a late bloomer and the DGA have had ballots since late November. If they went in early, and seeing as you can’t send screeners to the membership, it’s possible […]
Russell, Hooper make DGA slate
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:24 am · January 10th, 2011
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Predict the DGA nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:43 am · January 7th, 2011
Monday the guild circuit continues — at the start of what will be a very busy week — as the Directors Guild of America (DGA) unveils its list of nominees. The age-old rule of thumb has been that this is perhaps the most consistently foreshadowing precursor, as the five DGA nominees tend to have a […]
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INTERVIEW: ‘True Grit’ writers, producers and directors Joel and Ethan Coen
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:41 pm · December 17th, 2010
Directors Joel and Ethan Coen have evolved into the quintessential American filmmakers of our time since charging onto the indie scene over 25 years ago. It was a trajectory hinted at in early depictions of Prohibition-era gangsterism (“Miller’s Crossing”), post-war Capitalism (“The Hudsucker Proxy”), Midwestern slice-of-life peculiarity (“Fargo”) and epic folk land adventurism (“O Brother, […]
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The Coens’ no-frills ‘True Grit’ hearkens to western heyday
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:00 am · December 1st, 2010
I’ve seen the Coen brothers’ “True Grit” twice now, and it’s not because the film is some “Inception”-like, mind-bending narrative maze. Quite the opposite, actually. I saddled up to it a second time yesterday morning because I wasn’t quite anticipating what I got the first time around and I wanted to consider it further knowing […]
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11/22 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Coen talks ‘Somewhere’ with Coppola, ‘Country Strong’ a drama, no love for Herzog
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:45 am · November 22nd, 2010
• Joel Coen shows up at an east coast screening of “Somewhere” to conduct a Q&A with Sofia Coppola. [Inside Movies] • Tom O’Neill reports that the HFPA has classified “Country Strong” as a drama. [Gold Derby] • Our own Guy Lodge reacts to the recently released (and apparently unauthorized) “Winnie” trailer. [The Guardian]
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The nominees react
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:08 am · February 2nd, 2010
Throughout the morning and early afternoon we took statements from or hopped on the phone with 44 of today’s Oscar nominees. Their reactions… Maggie Gyllenhaal, supporting actress, “Crazy Heart”: The thing is, you know, I’m so proud of the movie and I always have been, more proud of it than any of the work I’ve […]
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The Coens’ ‘A Serious Man’ is a miracle movie
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:01 pm · September 11th, 2009
I wanted to sit down and write a full review of Joel and Ethan Coen’s “A Serious Man,” but structuring my thoughts around a paradigm such as that seems folly at this stage. I need to see it again — and will certainly do so many more times — before any sort of authoritative personal […]
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And now for something completely different
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:13 am · March 23rd, 2009
Never let it be said that the Brothers Coen are predictable in their choice of projects. Having had their greatest crossover success to date with a film that dabbled in elements of the genre, Variety reports that they are set to make their first all-out Western — a remake of that hoary 1969 oater “True […]
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Helmers of the English language, the best and why: part one
Posted by John Foote · 1:00 pm · November 1st, 2008
My recent article on Clint Eastwood drew an excellent response from Nathaniel Rogers (a regular commenter) that led me to this article. In that piece, I make clear my admiration for Eastwood, his artistry and the fact I believe him to be among the three finest directors working in movies. I stand by that, because […]
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