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Bridging Wayne
Leave it to Ethan and Joel Coen to reinvent the modern western.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
12-13-2010 |
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Tags: Ethan and Joel Coen, True Grit
After 'No Country,' 'Burn After Reading' is a Letdownnew
What does a lackluster project matter, coming off four Academy Awards and a devout fan base? Like Wal-Mart and obesity, the Coens are an American institution with no chance of going away despite anyone's protests.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
09-17-2008 |
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'Burn After Reading': Coenfederacy of Duncesnew
In any case, Burn After Reading, the new comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen, is well-titled. It's fair to call it a grim farce about vanity in an age of constant surveillance, but that might imply more ambition than does the movie itself.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jonathan Kiefer |
09-16-2008 |
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'Burn After Reading' Has No Story Linenew
That's the joke of the film: There is no point.
Baltimore City Paper |
Cole Haddon |
09-16-2008 |
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The Coen Brothers Switch It Up for Their 'No Country' Follow-upnew
At first blush, Joel and Ethan Coen's high-grade farce Burn After Reading feels like an abrupt, if not unwelcome, about-face from the moral sobriety of No Country for Old Men.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
09-16-2008 |
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The Coen Brothers' Love of Idiosyncrasy is at Its Best in This America-skewering Farcenew
Burn After Reading is a pie-in-the-face comedy. You don't know what hit you until it's over.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-11-2008 |
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'Burn After Reading': A Country for Ridiculous Mennew
Burn After Reading hearkens back to Coen classics Oh Brother Where Art Thou and The Big Lebowski, films propelled inexorably forward by bizarre characters and slashing humor.
Crime Masterpiecenew
The Coens' near-perfect No Country for Old Men will take your breath away.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-21-2007 |
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'No Country For Old Men': Badlandsnew
Coen Brothers return to the scene of their first crime.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-15-2007 |
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