Tag: George Clooney
Rewind – 2007 in Film: Michael Clayton
In most films, we’re only aware of the last shot in retrospect. The screen cuts to black, and only then do we process after the…
Intolerable Cruelty – an Ode to an Underrated Coen Brothers Classic
The idea of an “underrated film” is a fairly subjective notion. We all have movies we personally love that many people do not. That’s the…
O' Brother, Where Art Thou? A Coen Brothers Odyssey
I am a man of constant sorrow, I’ve seen trouble all my day I bid farewell to old Kentucky, The place where I was born…
Would That it Were So Simple – Hail Caesar! (2016)
This time around, the brothers are the Boy Scouts who prank by soaping the windows of an institution and then set fire to a bag of dog poop at the front gate. They appear to be on a lark, having some harmless fun, until a stomping-out of the flames reveals the contents of the bag.
Loopiness Unleashed – Burn After Reading (2008)
The Coen’s may have produced more highly praised films in their brilliant run, but none have the breezy celebration of pure idiocy as this comedic confection that allows top drawer performers to explore their inner fools.
