Like the 60s All Over Again

Good poster considering the plot, the title, and the fact it's by the Coen brothers.

• An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen. 

Marketing was going down the wrong path. I think they got the message.

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'True Grit'

Loved the original. It's hard to believe how good this version looks. Wow.

'True Grit'

One of my all time favorites.

Smart People Looking Stupid

The smartest people want to work with Joel and Ethan Coen. Joel and Ethan make them look dumb, except for when they make them look smart. Sometimes, the characters in Coen brothers' movies are smart but look dumb, sometimes they act dumb but are really very smart, sometimes they're smart but have to act dumb so that other characters that seem smart but are actually pretty dumb won't be threatened by how smart they are. Sometimes, they act dumber than they really are to fool the really dumb ones into thinking they're dumb, sometimes it's the other way around. The characters in 'Burn After Reading' seem like an examples of one or more of the above-mentioned character types.

Looks like funny shit...if you're smart enough to get it -- which I most certainly am...I think.

No Country For Coens' Characters

Finlay MacKay's work at NYT Sunday Magazine

No Country For Old Men

Here is a first look at the trailer for 'No Country For Old Men'. Thanks to Anne Thompson and Variety for making it available. Tommy Lee Jones and Woody Harrelson never looked better or more natural. This is feeling like the best movie yet from the Coen brothers.

Coen Brothers' Short Film

'Tuileries' is the Coen Brothers' contribution to 'Paris, Je t'Aime'. Steve Buscemi was never better.

The funny thing about this short is that it makes you (read: 'me') want to go out, buy a HD DV camcorder, and make your (meaning: 'mine') own movies. I think I'll (by that I mean: 'I will') go do that now.