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‘Would That It T’were So Simple’ by Jack Simons Hail Caesar! – A movie set in 1951 – describes 24 hours in the life of a major Hollywood studio. The film that came from the mysterious Coen brothers’ universe has returned to its source without drawing many viewers, and according to Rotten Tomatoes 55 percent […]

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True Talent, True Entertainment, True Grit by Abigail Beck When my writing professor at college gave me a copy of True Grit as a graduation gift, I had no idea what I was getting into. For years I’d been telling myself that I didn’t like to read, but I was already on the path to […]

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Burn After Reading by Titus Gee Official movie still and poster art I almost missed Burn After Reading, Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest three-act parody of the great human drama. Then it almost missed me. Burn opened on an inconvenient night in RedFence Land, which explains why this blog does not include a video by […]

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No Country for Old Men by James Roland The latest offering from the brothers Coen is so consuming, so thought provoking, so whiz-bang exciting – that it might be best for them to quit while they’re ahead. No Country for Old Men marks a major shift in the Coens’ filmography. From their debut in 1984 […]

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No Oscars for Old Men

by James Roland on October 16, 2007

in Fenceposts

Why is it that all of my favorite film directors start to make horrible movies in the last half of their career. What is the DEAL?

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Film, Art, Radio, and Television by James Roland It seems to me that the Fart Joke is the Achilles heal of good comedy. I use the term both literally and metaphorically. In some writing circles the term ‘sex scene’ can be used to describe the turning point of intimacy and revelation between the protagonist and […]

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