Jennifer Lawrence has reached the upper echelon of A-list actor royalty over the past few years. In a relatively short time, she’s starred in a massive franchise (“Hunger Games”), worked with some of the best filmmakers around, and earned no less than four Oscar nominations (and one win). So, it’s obvious that she is in control of what projects she does. And as for the future, she has a fairly short list of directors she’s anxiously awaiting the chance to collaborate with. 

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In a recent rapid-fire interview with Vogue, Jennifer Lawrence is asked 73 questions about her life and career.

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It probably says something, in spite of their public comments to the contrary, about the severity of the Coen Brothers’ break-up that each of them has proceeded to make a movie that you not only can’t imagine them making together, but that is so easily classifiable — after all, “Shakespeare adaptation” and “musical bio-doc” are two of the most venerable film types of today. The only genre you could safely consign them to before now was their own; they made “Coen Brothers movies,” and everyone knew what that meant, even if they couldn’t precisely pinpoint it.

Continue reading ‘Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind’ Review: Ethan Coen Makes His Solo Debut With A Surprisingly Anonymous Bio-Doc [Cannes] at The Playlist.

Last we heard, directing siblings Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, collectively known as The Coen Brothers, were going their separate ways. However, at the time, while Joel Coen was putting the finishing touches on “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, it appeared that Ethan Coen was done with movies altogether. According to longtime composer Carter Burwell, Ethan, didn’t “want to make movies anymore” and was shifting to the theater.

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Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

This week’s fresh discs and streamers include a couple of bona fide classics, one of last year’s best documentaries, a couple of big late-2021 releases, and a whole mess of good stuff from Vinegar Syndrome and its partner labels.

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One of the most anticipated films of 2021 is Joel Coen’s awards contender, “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” And in early 2022, it appears Criterion is set to honor Joel Coen, along with his filmmaking brother, Ethan Coen, by adding the 1990 film, “Miller’s Crossing,” to the coveted Collection. But February 2022 has some other additions to the Criterion Collection that should get you excited.

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When it was announced that Joel Coen was going solo to direct his first feature film without his brother Ethan Coen, with “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” people were surprised. Did this mean the end of the Coen Brothers, one of the best filmmaking duos of all time? Or was this just a one-off project that would act as a placeholder until the duo could combine forces once again?

Continue reading ‘Tragedy Of Macbeth’: Joel Coen Talks About The “Weird” Situation Of Making A Film Without His Brother at The Playlist.

Yesterday, we discussed a rare pandemic highlight: Team Deakins, the podcast that legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins—started with his wife and digital workflow consultant James Ellis Deakins. It’s cinephile mana with terrific guests and the latest is filmmaker Joel Coen, one half of the Coen Brothers. The previous post chronicled some highlights from the podcast; Coen’s insistence he will never make a Western again, his initial dislike for Orson Welles as a filmmaker, how the Coens have always had final cut in their directing career and a little bit about his next movie, “The Tragedy Of Macbeth,” his first filmmaking endeavor without his brother Ethan Coen.

Continue reading Joel Coen Talks Making TV & Small Screen Films: “Most Streaming Services Want To Buy By The Yard” at The Playlist.

A new remake of “Scarface” has been in development for years now. The most recent iteration found filmmaker Antoine Fuqua at the helm and possibly Diego Luna in the starring role. But things have changed, quite a bit in fact, and now, Universal has a brand-new filmmaker in mind to bring the crime epic to the big screen—Luca Guadagnino.

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According to Deadline, Guadagnino is set to direct the latest remake of “Scarface” for Universal, with the Coen Brothers being the writers of the most recent version of the script.

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In the realm of cult-classic films, there titles like “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “The Room.” But ranking right up there is the Coen Brothers’ “The Big Lebowski.” More than 20 years after the film’s release, ‘Lebowski’ is probably more popular now than ever before. And so it’s only fitting that we are just now getting the first sequel/spin-off, “The Jesus Rolls.”

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Unlike ‘Lebowski,’ the new film focuses on the supporting character, Jesus Quintana, as well as his friends Petey and Marie.

Continue reading ‘The Jesus Rolls’ Teaser: John Turturro Writes, Directs & Stars In ‘The Big Lebowski’ Spin-Off Film at The Playlist.

While it appears that the buzz around Netflix’s Oscar chances this year seems to revolve around Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” there’s still a chance that the Coen Brothers’ latest film “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” makes some noise this awards season. Now, as the anthology Western film plays in theaters before its eventual Netflix streaming launch, the filmmaking siblings are talking about their choice to go to Netflix and why it appears that a TV project probably isn’t in the cards.

Continue reading The Coen Brothers Partially Blame Hollywood For The Decline In Theater Attendance & Explain Why TV Is An “Alien” Concept at The Playlist.

Odds are, if you are an avid reader of this website, you’re probably a fan of “The Big Lebowski.” One of the preeminent films in the illustrious filmography of the Coen Brothers, ‘Lebowski’ debuted in 1998 to a less-than-great box office. However, over the last 20 years, the film has reached incredible heights as a cult classic, spawning an avid fanbase and an annual festival, Lebowski Fest.

And to mark the film’s 20th anniversary, fans will have the opportunity to buy a special limited edition release of the film, unlike anything else.

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The 56th Annual New York Film Festival is upon us once again, gifting the cinematic landscape with thrilling and compelling films carefully curated from all over the world.  Last year’s favorites included “Call Me By Your Name” and “Lady Bird,” the latter of which went onto become A24’s highest grossing film and earn not one but five Academy Award nominations.  This year is no different, the festival will unleash future classics like “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” directed by the Coen Brothers, the sweeping Mexican epic “ROMA,” the latest effort by Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuaron.

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One of the most surprising announcements to come from the deluge of fall festival information is the fact that the Coen Brothers took their supposed 6-part miniseries “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” and turned it into a 2+ hour film. The series was meant to be an anthology, told in 6 separate stories, about the character known as Buster Scruggs, played by Tim Blake Nelson. And likewise, the revamped film is retaining its anthology structure, with the same 6 stories about the American West intersecting around the titular character.

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Earlier today, we reported on the incredibly stacked lineup at this year’s Venice Film Festival. To say that there’s awards season buzz at this year’s event is an understatement. However, even though we knew that there were some sure-thing Oscar contenders, one of those contenders was a film we didn’t even know existed but has suddenly become part of the conversation.

“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” began its life as a Netflix Original Series, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.

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Of all the films premiering this fall, perhaps the most highly-anticipated is none other than actor Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, “A Star is Born.” The film, which is scheduled to hit theaters later this year, has been building buzz since before anyone has even seen the footage. Coming out of CinemaCon, the film was universally praised and many people started to use the word “Oscar” when describing the project’s potential.

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Now celebrating its fourth year, Qumra is a weeklong industry event run by the Doha Film Institute in Qatar. We’ll be bringing you coverage of the stellar lineup of Qumra 2018 Masterclasses, given by such luminaries as Tilda Swinton, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Andrey Zvyaginstev, Bennett Miller and Sandy Powell, in the coming days.

Of all the identities we regularly project onto the shimmering set of alabaster surfaces we collectively call “Tilda Swinton” — immortal vampire, avenging angel, White Witch, earthbound heir to the androgynous-alien-envoy legacy of David Bowie — the very least expected one might be “good egg.” But in her scintillating Qumra Masterclass, held in the cool of a museum auditorium out of the baking heat of the Qatari capital, Doha, she proved herself to be exactly that — an articulate, engaged, self-aware interviewee who responded to moderator Cameron Bailey‘s thoughtful, dexterous questions with down-to-earth candor and wit.

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The bonafides for “Suburbicon” you can read right from the main credits: it’s the latest directorial effort from George Clooney, it stars Matt Damon, and it was written by Joel and Ethan Coen. If that’s not enough to get you into the cinema, well, there’s always more traditional methods, such as the first trailer for the movie.

Julianne Moore, Josh Brolin, and Oscar Isaac all co-star in the film, set in the 1950s, involving a home invasion that finds a family engaging in blackmail, revenge, and betrayal.

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Over the past few years, the Coen Brothers have been happy to work on scripts for other directors. They penned “Gambit” starring Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz (which you probably forgot existed), put their touches on Angelina Jolie‘s “Unbroken” and Steven Spielberg‘s “Bridge Of Spies,” wrote George Clooney‘s forthcoming “Suburbicon,” signed up to write the internet thriller “Dark Web,” and now they’ve got another project they’ll give their Midas touch.

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Somewhere between a bunch of commercials and a half-time show, a game of football was played last night, and it was a doozy. The Super Bowl went into overtime for the first time in history, the New England Patriots reigned supreme and fans got one helluva show. And advertisers got a lot of eyeballs.

READ MORE: Melissa McCarthy Eviscerates Sean Spicer In Hilarious New SNL Skit 

You’ve likely already seen the onslaught of movie and TV related promos that dropped during the game, but if that wasn’t enough, the stars cashed some big paychecks to promote everything from tax services to jewelry and we’re rounded it all up below.

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One small part of the increasingly bizarre presidential election was Donald Trump‘s rambling thoughts on “the cyber” during the first presidential debate, when he declared, among other things, that “the security aspect of cyber is very, very tough” and that hackers “could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds.” And while nobody would expect Trump to be an expert about the online world, one wonders if he’s still logging in through AOL.

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By 2000, nearly two decades into their filmmaking careers, Joel and Ethan Coen had amassed a profile filled with features centered on the past. To simply label those movies as period pieces, however, would be an inaccurate observation. Their films, including “Barton Fink,” “Miller’s Crossing,” and “The Hudsucker Proxy,” to only name a select few, used a postmodern approach to look back on the past, which gave them a contemporary feeling.

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Filmmaker Cameron Beyl has released the third part of his Director Series centering on the Coen Brothers’ films. The new installment of “The Directors Series” focuses on the Coens’ breakout classic films, “Fargo” and “The Big Lebowski.”

READ MORE: The Best & The Rest: Every Coen Brothers Movie Ranked

Using clips from the films, Beyl discusses the influences seen in the movies, as well as their cultural impact.

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If you’re struggling to find something new to watch on the big screen in a sea of underwhelming blockbusters, you’ll be delighted to know that right now, a re-release of “Blood Simple” in newly restored 4K is currently in theaters. The first film of Joel and Ethan Coen, it’s a great chance to catch the start of one of the most remarkable careers in American film.

Initially billed with Joel as the director and Ethan as the producer (sharing writing credits) due to guild complications, the pair have always been a tight team, and were finally able to recognize that from 2003’s “Intolerable Cruelty” onwards, sharing all their credits from then on out.

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The movie gods are certainly smiling down upon fans of the Coen Brothers this year. This winter, the duo delivered their zany take on classic Hollywood with “Hail, Caesar!” and starting this weekend, cinephiles can go back to the film that started it all, “Blood Simple,” which returns to theaters with a fresh 4K restoration before it hits The Criterion Collection this fall.

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Filmmakers have all kinds of advice to young moviemakers about how to get their films made, but the Coens’ approach to finding financing for their debut feature, “Blood Simple,” is something all directors hoping to make their mark should pay attention to. And it’s a lesson they learned from their friend and mentor, Sam Raimi.

“Sam taught us that if you call on the phone and ask people to invest in a movie they’ll tell you to go hell,” Joel Coen said (via Vanity Fair).

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