Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film and TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?”, can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: Apropos of absolutely nothing (and definitely not in response to a certain world leader taking disastrous steps towards dooming the environment of the only inhabitable planet we have), what is the best film about the end of the world?
Erin Whitney (@Cinemabite), ScreenCrush
It’s a hard tie between “Melancholia” and “Take Shelter.” One is a devastating meditation on depression, isolation and death, and the other is a dramatic masterpiece that evokes the dread and anxiety of a looming end. They’re very different films (and coincidentally opened within months of each other), but both end on final shots that left me breathless.
This week’s question: Apropos of absolutely nothing (and definitely not in response to a certain world leader taking disastrous steps towards dooming the environment of the only inhabitable planet we have), what is the best film about the end of the world?
Erin Whitney (@Cinemabite), ScreenCrush
It’s a hard tie between “Melancholia” and “Take Shelter.” One is a devastating meditation on depression, isolation and death, and the other is a dramatic masterpiece that evokes the dread and anxiety of a looming end. They’re very different films (and coincidentally opened within months of each other), but both end on final shots that left me breathless.
- 6/5/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
They all say this show changed a little bit, but we guess it was expected for the 25th annual ceremony from Stapless Center, or if you prefer – the Spirit Awards.
Last week we were all occupied with Oscar, but it’s always the right time to take a look at (maybe) less popular ceremony, but still – the good one! We’re going to remind you of this ceremony highlights.
The Spirits, run by the nonprofit Film Independent, threw in some of its typically enjoyable ironic touches.
One of them was definitely David Spade who presented the best foreign award, starting with:
“You may not know this, but my movies play in other countries. They’re huge in Poland. I can’t set foot in Bulgaria.” Thanks for letting us know Spade!
On the other hand, we had a chance to see Ben Stiller, known for studio comedies more than any boutique film,...
Last week we were all occupied with Oscar, but it’s always the right time to take a look at (maybe) less popular ceremony, but still – the good one! We’re going to remind you of this ceremony highlights.
The Spirits, run by the nonprofit Film Independent, threw in some of its typically enjoyable ironic touches.
One of them was definitely David Spade who presented the best foreign award, starting with:
“You may not know this, but my movies play in other countries. They’re huge in Poland. I can’t set foot in Bulgaria.” Thanks for letting us know Spade!
On the other hand, we had a chance to see Ben Stiller, known for studio comedies more than any boutique film,...
- 3/10/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
"Precious" dominated the 25th Spirit Awards March 5 with wins for best feature, best director (Lee Daniels), best first screenplay (Geoffrey Fletcher), best female lead (Gabourey Sidibe), and best supporting female (Mo'Nique). It's a poetic turn for the film, which focuses on the kind of girl that no one looks at twice, to have such an overwhelming acknowledgment from the independent film community. Likewise, in the pressroom, Sidibe joked that her upcoming plans included "world domination." This might have had something to do with her co-star Mariah Carey whispering that very phrase in her ear. "Mariah gives me all my bad ideas," said Sidibe, laughing. "[The film's success] really is a testament to the genius of Mr. Daniels. He has the power to transform people with completely different personalities into something 180 degrees different."Daniels expressed excitement for the upcoming Oscars, which took place two days later. "I am over the moon. Whether or not we win the Oscar,...
- 3/8/2010
- backstage.com
While clearly not as closely followed as the Guild Awards, let alone the Golden Globes, the Independent Spirit Awards casts a much wider net in terms of nominees by accepting any film that is screened at various festivals, even if it's not released in theatres. It does, however, limit the film's budget to $20 million.
Precious won Best Feature and Lee Daniels nabbed the Best Director award. Precious ladies, Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique also won the female acting awards while Jeff Bridges and Woody Harrelson got the male acting gongs.
Here's the full list of the nominess and winners...
Best Feature
Precious
Amreeka
500 Days of Summer
Sin Nombre
The Last Station
Best First Feature
Crazy Heart
A Single Man
Easier with Practice
Paranormal Activity
The Messenger
Best Director
Lee Daniels - Precious
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - A Serious Man
Cary Fukunaga - Sin Nombre
James Gray - Two Lovers
Michael Hoffman...
Precious won Best Feature and Lee Daniels nabbed the Best Director award. Precious ladies, Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique also won the female acting awards while Jeff Bridges and Woody Harrelson got the male acting gongs.
Here's the full list of the nominess and winners...
Best Feature
Precious
Amreeka
500 Days of Summer
Sin Nombre
The Last Station
Best First Feature
Crazy Heart
A Single Man
Easier with Practice
Paranormal Activity
The Messenger
Best Director
Lee Daniels - Precious
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - A Serious Man
Cary Fukunaga - Sin Nombre
James Gray - Two Lovers
Michael Hoffman...
- 3/8/2010
- Screenrush
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire won Best Feature and a total of 5 awards last night at the 25th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards. Comedian Eddie Izzard served as Master of Ceremonies at the late-night show at La Live’s event deck in downtown Los Angeles.
Here are all the winners:
Best Feature
Producers Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness for Precious
Best Director
Lee Daniels for Precious
Best First Feature
Scott Cooper, Robert Duvall, Rob Carliner, Judy Cairo, T Bone Burnett for Crazy Heart
John Cassavetes Award for Best Feature made for under $500,000
Lynn Shelton for Humpday
Best Screenplay
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber for 500 Days of Summer
Best First Screenplay
Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious
Best Female Lead
Gabourey Sidibe for Precious
Best Male Lead
Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Supporting Female
Mo’Nique for Precious
Best Supporting Male
Woody Harrelson for The Messenger
Best Cinematography...
Here are all the winners:
Best Feature
Producers Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness for Precious
Best Director
Lee Daniels for Precious
Best First Feature
Scott Cooper, Robert Duvall, Rob Carliner, Judy Cairo, T Bone Burnett for Crazy Heart
John Cassavetes Award for Best Feature made for under $500,000
Lynn Shelton for Humpday
Best Screenplay
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber for 500 Days of Summer
Best First Screenplay
Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious
Best Female Lead
Gabourey Sidibe for Precious
Best Male Lead
Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Supporting Female
Mo’Nique for Precious
Best Supporting Male
Woody Harrelson for The Messenger
Best Cinematography...
- 3/6/2010
- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
The 25th Annual Independent Spirit Awards took place last night in Los Angeles, honouring the best films from 2009 with a budget of $20 million or less. I don't think anyone will be surprised to learn that Lee Daniels' Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire took home almost every single award that it was nominated for, while Jeff Bridges took home the award for Best Male Lead. Let's hope it doesn't jinx him at the Oscars tomorrow night like it did for Mickey Rourke. Other Spirit Award winners include Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber for their screenplay for (500) Days of Summer, Woody Harrelson for Best Supporting Male for The Messenger and Anvil! The Story of Anvil for Best Documentary. Check out the full list of winners after the jump. Best Feature Precious Best Director Lee Daniels, Precious Best First Feature Crazy Heart John Cassavetes Award (Best feature made for...
- 3/6/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Los Angeles (March 5, 2010) – Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to Precious and Crazy Heart at this evening’s 25th Spirit Awards. (500) Days of Summer, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, An Education, Humpday, The Messenger, and A Serious Man also received awards at the milestone ceremony, held at La Live’s event deck in downtown Los Angeles and broadcast live and uncut on IFC. Acclaimed comedian Eddie Izzard was Master of Ceremonies, and Ben Stiller served as Honorary Chair.
The Spirit Awards was the first event to exclusively honor independent film, and over the past 25 years, has become the premier awards show for the independent film community, celebrating films made by filmmakers who embody independence and originality. Artists receiving industry recognition first at the Spirit Awards include Joel & Ethan Coen, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, Ashley Judd,...
The Spirit Awards was the first event to exclusively honor independent film, and over the past 25 years, has become the premier awards show for the independent film community, celebrating films made by filmmakers who embody independence and originality. Artists receiving industry recognition first at the Spirit Awards include Joel & Ethan Coen, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, Ashley Judd,...
- 3/6/2010
- Film Independent
There were no surprises at the 25th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, held on March 5, with Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire running away with virtually the entire ceremony, taking home awards for Best Feature, Best Director, Best First Screenplay, Best Female Lead and Best Supporting Female.
The rest of the awards went to the odds on favorites, from Jeff Bridges winning Best Male Lead for Crazy Heart to Lynn Shelton’s much-buzzed Humpday taking home the John Cassavetes Award for best film made under $500,000.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Feature
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, dir. Lee Daniels
Best Director
Lee Daniels
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best First Feature
Crazy Heart, dir. Scott Cooper
Best Screenplay
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
(500) Days of Summer
Best First Screenplay
Geoffrey Fletcher
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire...
The rest of the awards went to the odds on favorites, from Jeff Bridges winning Best Male Lead for Crazy Heart to Lynn Shelton’s much-buzzed Humpday taking home the John Cassavetes Award for best film made under $500,000.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Feature
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, dir. Lee Daniels
Best Director
Lee Daniels
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best First Feature
Crazy Heart, dir. Scott Cooper
Best Screenplay
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
(500) Days of Summer
Best First Screenplay
Geoffrey Fletcher
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire...
- 3/6/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Gautaman BhaskaranReview: A Serious ManCast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Aaron Wolff, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed and Sari LennickDirection: Joel and Ethan CoenRating: **1/2 This does not quite seem like a season for great movies. Joel and Ethan Coen or the Coen Brothers, as they are popularly called, now present A Serious Man, a story about a Jewish professor who finds his life all convoluted and confusing. Meant to be humorous, it is not as rib-tickling as the directors' Fargo was (though it dealt with the horrible subject of a ...
- 3/6/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" proved an emotional favorite at the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards, where it took the top prize as best feature Friday night. The gritty drama about cycles of abuse released by Lionsgate also earned trophies for director Lee Daniels, best female lead Gabourey Sidibe, best supporting actress Mo'Nique and Geoffrey Fletcher, who took the prize for best first screenplay.
Jeff Bridges, in what could well be a rehearsal for Sunday night's Oscar ceremony, was named best actor for the country-flavored "Crazy Heart," while Woody Harrelson was hailed as best supporting actor for "The Messenger."
In a change of venue, the free-wheeling awards show devoted to indie cinema -- which traditionally has taken place under a big top on the beach in Santa Monica on the Saturday before the Oscars -- traded in the ocean breezes for the glittering lights of the new La Live complex,...
Jeff Bridges, in what could well be a rehearsal for Sunday night's Oscar ceremony, was named best actor for the country-flavored "Crazy Heart," while Woody Harrelson was hailed as best supporting actor for "The Messenger."
In a change of venue, the free-wheeling awards show devoted to indie cinema -- which traditionally has taken place under a big top on the beach in Santa Monica on the Saturday before the Oscars -- traded in the ocean breezes for the glittering lights of the new La Live complex,...
- 3/5/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Time Traveler's Wife: "Indeed, Schwentke's The Time Traveler's Wife is but a highlight reel of the novel, a Cliff's note version, stripped of the lingering melancholia, seemingly rushed together with maximum focus on the book's dramatic plot turns, and minimum regard for its pace and tone. Despite the strong casting choices, almost none of the book's magic translates onto the big screen. In fact, without the context of the novel, I'd venture that the movie is even less effective: It provides little exposition, almost no explanation of what's going on, and highlights the book's many logical inconsistencies. To the novel's immense credit, it was so absorbing that the pages turned to quickly enough that there wasn't much time to contemplate those inconsistencies. But they are glaring here." - Dustin Rowles
Couples Retreat: "Of course, none of it would've had any effect on my review of Couples Retreat...
Couples Retreat: "Of course, none of it would've had any effect on my review of Couples Retreat...
- 2/9/2010
- by Intern Rusty
"An Education" led the 2010 BAFTA film awards. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced its longlist and the coming-of-age drama scored 17 mentions including best film, director, and actress for Carey Mulligan.
Not too far behind was Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" with 15 mentions and Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" scored 12. Meanwhile, James Cameron's "Avatar" and Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones" received 11 mentions apiece.
This longlist will be cut down to a shortlist from 15 mentions per category (except Best Animated Film) to 5. They will be announced January 21st. Then, the winners will be crowned one month later on Feb. 21st.
Here's the full BAFTA longlist:
Best Film
"Avatar"
"District 9"
"An Education"
"Gran Torino"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Invictus"
"Moon"
"Precious"
"The Road"
"A Serious Man"
"A Single Man"
"Star Trek"
"Up"
"Up in the Air"
Adapted Screenplay
"Crazy Heart"
"The Damned United"
"District 9...
Not too far behind was Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" with 15 mentions and Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" scored 12. Meanwhile, James Cameron's "Avatar" and Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones" received 11 mentions apiece.
This longlist will be cut down to a shortlist from 15 mentions per category (except Best Animated Film) to 5. They will be announced January 21st. Then, the winners will be crowned one month later on Feb. 21st.
Here's the full BAFTA longlist:
Best Film
"Avatar"
"District 9"
"An Education"
"Gran Torino"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Invictus"
"Moon"
"Precious"
"The Road"
"A Serious Man"
"A Single Man"
"Star Trek"
"Up"
"Up in the Air"
Adapted Screenplay
"Crazy Heart"
"The Damned United"
"District 9...
- 1/7/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Have Joel and Ethan Coen followed up No Country for Old Men with another Oscar winner? A clear favorite (I've got my hand up) among the film critics and bloggers polled by IndieWIRE, A Serious Man might have a big and bright future ahead of it and as Eugene points out, "the Coens latest took top honors as Toronto’s best narrative film, finding a place on nearly every single ballot. - Have Joel and Ethan Coen followed up No Country for Old Men with another Oscar winner? A clear favorite (I've got my hand up) among the film critics and bloggers polled by IndieWIRE, A Serious Man might have a big and bright future ahead of it and as Eugene points out, "the Coens latest took top honors as Toronto’s best narrative film, finding a place on nearly every single ballot. Other category winners include: Erik Gandini...
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
"A Serious Man" posed a serious, and welcome, challenge for Joel and Ethan Coen's longtime casting director, Ellen Chenoweth, and her partner on this project, Rachel Tenner, who had served as casting associate on the Coen brothers' last four projects. "They made it clear from the beginning that they didn't want anybody recognizable in the movie," says the L.A.-based Tenner of her bosses' directive. "They just wanted the story to tell itself, and they wanted to be a little under the radar with the cast and not have that stand out as 'known' people. That was definitely our mission. And they were lucky enough to be able to make it without any big names attached," adds the New York–based Chenoweth, who in addition to working on seven pictures with the Coens has worked multiple times with such notable directors as Clint Eastwood, George Clooney, Tony Gilroy,...
- 12/9/2009
- backstage.com
The Independent Spirit Awards announced their nominees earlier today. Listed below is the complete list of this year's nominated films, cast and crew members. MakingOf would like to congratulate the nominees and applaud the diverse roster of talented filmmakers. Please scroll down for links to exclusive interviews we've conducted with some of the nominated directors and writers.
The Independent Spirit Awards eligibility requirements for consideration are that the feature film must be 70 minutes in length and the total cost must be below $20 million. A film also must have screened at a major film festival or had a one-week engagement at a commercial theater.
The awards' ceremony has taken place the past 24 years the Saturday afternoon before the Academy Awards in Santa Monica. The ceremony is moving this year to downtown L.A. and will be held in the evening on Friday, March 5th.
This year's Independent Spirit Awards Nominees:
Best...
The Independent Spirit Awards eligibility requirements for consideration are that the feature film must be 70 minutes in length and the total cost must be below $20 million. A film also must have screened at a major film festival or had a one-week engagement at a commercial theater.
The awards' ceremony has taken place the past 24 years the Saturday afternoon before the Academy Awards in Santa Monica. The ceremony is moving this year to downtown L.A. and will be held in the evening on Friday, March 5th.
This year's Independent Spirit Awards Nominees:
Best...
- 12/2/2009
- Makingof.com
Although the nominees for the Academy Awards won't be announced until sometime next year, a few of the other award ceremonies are already in full swing including the Independent Spirit Awards, which recognize the best films shot for $20 million or less. This year's Spirit Award nominees were announced earlier today, and I think there are definitely some interesting choices. First off, the big one that everyone is picking up on is the fact that Paranormal Activity was nominated for Best First Feature. And why shouldn't it be? The Blair Witch Project won the exact same award back in 2000. Anvil! The Story of Anvil has been redeemed somewhat for the Oscar snub by getting a nod here for Best Documentary, and surprisingly, Jemaine Clement picked up a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Gentlemen Broncos. Other than that, some of the movies that scored multiple nominations include Precious, (500) Days of Summer,...
- 12/1/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Actors Taraji P. Henson and Matt Dillon announced the nominees for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Tuesday morning. Dramatic films "The Last Station" and "Precious" lead the pack with five nods each.
The winners will be announced on Friday, March 5, 2010 in L.A.
2010 Spirit Award Nominations
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not listed)
(500) Days of Summer - Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe
Amreeka - Producers: Paul Barkin,...
The winners will be announced on Friday, March 5, 2010 in L.A.
2010 Spirit Award Nominations
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not listed)
(500) Days of Summer - Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe
Amreeka - Producers: Paul Barkin,...
- 12/1/2009
- Extra
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization behind the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced nominations this morning for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Nominees for Best Feature include "(500) Days Of Summer," "Amreeka," "Precious," "Sin Nombre," and "The Last Station."
Taraji P. Henson and Matt Dillon also announced finalists for the Acura Someone to Watch Award, the Truer Than Fiction Award, and the Piaget Producers Award.
A Serious Man was selected for the Robert Altman Award, which is given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast.
The awards show will be held March 5, two days before the Oscars. The event will be held at the La Live campus downtown.
Visit the Spirit Awards official site right here.
And now, the nominees of the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature
"(500) Days Of Summer" - Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe
"Amreeka" - Producers: Paul Barkin,...
Nominees for Best Feature include "(500) Days Of Summer," "Amreeka," "Precious," "Sin Nombre," and "The Last Station."
Taraji P. Henson and Matt Dillon also announced finalists for the Acura Someone to Watch Award, the Truer Than Fiction Award, and the Piaget Producers Award.
A Serious Man was selected for the Robert Altman Award, which is given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast.
The awards show will be held March 5, two days before the Oscars. The event will be held at the La Live campus downtown.
Visit the Spirit Awards official site right here.
And now, the nominees of the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature
"(500) Days Of Summer" - Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe
"Amreeka" - Producers: Paul Barkin,...
- 12/1/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Precious and The Last Station have the most nods with 5 nominations a piece. So glad to see Jeff Bridges’ nomination for Crazy Heart. Even Paranormal Activity saw a nomination in Best First feature category.
The ceremony will air live and uncut on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Pst/11:00 p.m. Est on IFC from downtown Los Angeles.
The complete list of nominations:
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer)
“(500) Days Of Summer,” Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe
“Amreeka,” Producers: Paul Barkin, Christina Piovesan
“Precious,” Producers: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness
“Sin Nombre,” Producer: Amy Kaufman
“The Last Station,” Producers: Bonnie Arnold, Chris Curling, Jens Meuer
Best Director
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, “A Serious Man”
Lee Daniels, “Precious”
Cary Joji Fukunaga, “Sin Nombre”
James Gray, “Two Lovers”
Michael Hoffman, “The Last Station”
Best First Feature (Award given to the director and producer)
A Single Man...
The ceremony will air live and uncut on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Pst/11:00 p.m. Est on IFC from downtown Los Angeles.
The complete list of nominations:
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer)
“(500) Days Of Summer,” Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe
“Amreeka,” Producers: Paul Barkin, Christina Piovesan
“Precious,” Producers: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness
“Sin Nombre,” Producer: Amy Kaufman
“The Last Station,” Producers: Bonnie Arnold, Chris Curling, Jens Meuer
Best Director
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, “A Serious Man”
Lee Daniels, “Precious”
Cary Joji Fukunaga, “Sin Nombre”
James Gray, “Two Lovers”
Michael Hoffman, “The Last Station”
Best First Feature (Award given to the director and producer)
A Single Man...
- 12/1/2009
- by Michelle
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Deftly balancing bright comedy and bitter darkness, the Coens have come up with another uncomfortable masterpiece about a fraternal duo
Joel and Ethan Coen have bookended the decade with a superb film at the very beginning, The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), and another two stormers at the end: their superlative adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men in 2007 – and now this sublimely funny, involving, utterly distinctive serio-comedy of mid-life crisis set in the American midwest in the 1960s, which happens to be where and when the Coen brothers themselves were brought up.
The Broadway actor Michael Stuhlbarg gets his big-screen break playing Larry Gopnik, a professor of theoretical physics whose life reaches a menopausal climacteric in mysterious tandem with his son's approaching barmitzvah and the astonishing announcement from his wife (Sari Lennick) that their marriage is over. She now wishes to divorce and to marry their supercilious acquaintance Sy Ableman,...
Joel and Ethan Coen have bookended the decade with a superb film at the very beginning, The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), and another two stormers at the end: their superlative adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men in 2007 – and now this sublimely funny, involving, utterly distinctive serio-comedy of mid-life crisis set in the American midwest in the 1960s, which happens to be where and when the Coen brothers themselves were brought up.
The Broadway actor Michael Stuhlbarg gets his big-screen break playing Larry Gopnik, a professor of theoretical physics whose life reaches a menopausal climacteric in mysterious tandem with his son's approaching barmitzvah and the astonishing announcement from his wife (Sari Lennick) that their marriage is over. She now wishes to divorce and to marry their supercilious acquaintance Sy Ableman,...
- 11/19/2009
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Here’s a couple of nice little clips (embedded below) from the Coen Brothers latest, A Serious Man. Jon was lucky enough to see the movie at the London Film Festival (review here) and he loved it. The movie stars Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus and Adam Arkin.
“A Serious Man” is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and “F-Troop” is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry’s unemployable brother Arthur (Richard Kind) is sleeping on the couch,...
“A Serious Man” is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and “F-Troop” is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry’s unemployable brother Arthur (Richard Kind) is sleeping on the couch,...
- 11/10/2009
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A Serious Man Written and Directed by: Joel and Ethan Coen Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff In an age of high profile franchise blockbusters, months in advance it becomes very apparent via very expensive marketing campaigns what the year's event films are going to be. For me though, it is instead a handful of directors' names that predetermine who is getting my money and attention. It should be obvious by the fact that I'd even write this that the Coen Brothers are on this list, and it's wonderful to have such a list when it means you can walk into one of their films relatively cold. It also brings an entirely different set of expectations than you'd give something that has spent months doing everything it can to impress you. My expectations from the Coens have become numerous -- I now demand a higher level of quality.
- 11/3/2009
- by Goon
- FilmJunk
By Susan Granger - This 14th feature film from Joel and Ethan Coen is bewildering. Perhaps it.s best described as a philosophical meditation about their insular Midwestern upbringing - with a historical prologue involving a Yiddish-speaking husband and wife in a Polish shtetl visited by someone (Fyvush Finkel) who may or may not be a Dybbuk (a dead person usually associated with evil).
Flash forward to 1967 in suburban Minneapolis, where the story revolves around a righteous, Jewish physics professor, Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), who is up for tenure at the college where he teaches. His Jefferson Airplane-obsessed, stoner son (Aaron Wolff) is about to be Bar Mitzvah and his unstable, misanthropic brother (Richard Kind) has moved into his home, monopolizing the bathroom, which infuriates his teenage daughter (Jessica McManus) who is continually trying to wash her hair. And he fears the deer-hunting, anti-Semitic neighbors are encroaching over his property line.
Flash forward to 1967 in suburban Minneapolis, where the story revolves around a righteous, Jewish physics professor, Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), who is up for tenure at the college where he teaches. His Jefferson Airplane-obsessed, stoner son (Aaron Wolff) is about to be Bar Mitzvah and his unstable, misanthropic brother (Richard Kind) has moved into his home, monopolizing the bathroom, which infuriates his teenage daughter (Jessica McManus) who is continually trying to wash her hair. And he fears the deer-hunting, anti-Semitic neighbors are encroaching over his property line.
- 10/30/2009
- Arizona Reporter
No matter how normal, no matter how pleasant or safe our lives feel at any given moment — the sobering truth of it all remains that anything can happen at any time, for any reason and without even the slightest hint of logic or reasoning. This fact of life could hardly be more present within the Coen Brothers new film A Serious Man.
The film opens with a quote. Pay attention, as it serves it’s purpose in the enigmatic story of a man trying to make sense of his life, past, present and future. No, this isn’t a retelling of A Christmas Carol… that comes later this year and is animated. In fact, it’s been suggested that the film is actually a modern retelling of the Book of Job. Regardless, A Serious Man is a story about how the universe works and how it doesn’t always work in our favor.
The film opens with a quote. Pay attention, as it serves it’s purpose in the enigmatic story of a man trying to make sense of his life, past, present and future. No, this isn’t a retelling of A Christmas Carol… that comes later this year and is animated. In fact, it’s been suggested that the film is actually a modern retelling of the Book of Job. Regardless, A Serious Man is a story about how the universe works and how it doesn’t always work in our favor.
- 10/23/2009
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Given what audacious, far-ranging, and sensually intoxicated filmmakers they are, Joel and Ethan Coen have never shown much of a rock & roll side. Okay, there was The Big Lebowski (1998), that deadbeat-soul-of-Los Angeles stoner cult classic. It was sprinkled with Dylan, Creedence, and Elvis, and it had that one goofily farfetched moment of surreal jukebox rapture: a druggy dream sequence, set to Kenny Rogers' 1968 hit "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)," that was like Busby Berkeley on peyote at the bowling alley. I saw The Big Lebowski again recently, and sorry, I'm still not wild...
- 10/21/2009
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW.com - The Movie Critics
Director: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Writer(s): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Wagner Lennick, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) is a serious man, a physics professor at a sleepy Midwestern university, not to mention a seemingly morally just man; some will even see Larry as the Coen Brothers’ reincarnation of Job (you know, from the Book of Job) in the year 1967. Nothing is going right for Larry. Larry’s wife Judith (Sari Lennick) is leaving him for Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), a man who is overflowing with self-confidence (unlike Larry). Arthur (Richard Kind), Larry’s unemployable and burdensome brother, is sleeping on Judith and Larry’s sofa; that is until Larry and Arthur get booted out to the curb by Judith, then they share a motel room. Larry’s son Danny (Aaron Wolf) is a pothead who prefers to listen to...
- 10/15/2009
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
A Serious Man is going to put a lot of people off. That’s just it’s unrelenting nature, as the film doesn’t care if anyone likes it or not. Essentially what the Coen brothers are doing is asking the audience to laugh at one man’s misfortunes. They’re also taking a serious look at the Jewish culture as they have fun with the lifestyle in a way only the Coens could concoct. Yet, while not as brilliant as No Country for Old Men or even ranking with their best works, the Coen’s have crafted another glorious film to add to their repertoire.
Whether one likes the film will not depend on who “gets it” or not. Folks are surely to pick up on it and still be put off by it’s style or where the story goes. The best mentality to take is to go...
Whether one likes the film will not depend on who “gets it” or not. Folks are surely to pick up on it and still be put off by it’s style or where the story goes. The best mentality to take is to go...
- 10/9/2009
- by Philip Barrett
- Atomic Popcorn
A Serious Man
Directed by: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff
Running Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: October 9, 2009
Plot: A man (Stuhlbarg) whose life is slowly falling apart in 1967 seeks wisdom from his local rabbis.
Who’S It For? This is open to anyone who wants to experience a film that is thought provoking, and almost soul searching. It is not a “black comedy,” as some have said. This is a realistic drama, but it never has a dull moment.
Expectations: I had not seen the trailer before hand. But when the Coen Brothers are involved, no preview should be necessary.
Click Here to read Allen’s interview with Michael Stuhlbarg
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Michael Stuhlbarg as Larry Gopnik: With the world constantly turning away and leaving him behind in the ruins that are fragments of his pride, this constantly cornered character never rings untrue.
Directed by: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff
Running Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: October 9, 2009
Plot: A man (Stuhlbarg) whose life is slowly falling apart in 1967 seeks wisdom from his local rabbis.
Who’S It For? This is open to anyone who wants to experience a film that is thought provoking, and almost soul searching. It is not a “black comedy,” as some have said. This is a realistic drama, but it never has a dull moment.
Expectations: I had not seen the trailer before hand. But when the Coen Brothers are involved, no preview should be necessary.
Click Here to read Allen’s interview with Michael Stuhlbarg
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Michael Stuhlbarg as Larry Gopnik: With the world constantly turning away and leaving him behind in the ruins that are fragments of his pride, this constantly cornered character never rings untrue.
- 10/9/2009
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
In A Serious Man, the latest masterwork from the Coen Brothers, former Broadway actor Michael Stuhlbarg plays Larry Gopnik, a middle aged man who seeks wisdom from his local rabbis in a time of extreme misfortune. Gopnik has so many questions, those of which are proposed by the film’s “hint of mischief,” but as the answers become more necessary, they constantly allude him.
The Scorecard Review sat down with Michael Stuhlbarg in Chicago’s new Trump Hotel to discuss many issues raised by the film, including how religion influenced the film, what it was like embodying the unfortunate character of Larry Gopnik, and even the meaning behind the rather odd opening sequence.
Click Here to read Allen’s Scorecard Review of A Serious Man
What do you feel your role and character had to do with the mystery of faith?
I would say almost a physical manifestation of the mystery of faith.
The Scorecard Review sat down with Michael Stuhlbarg in Chicago’s new Trump Hotel to discuss many issues raised by the film, including how religion influenced the film, what it was like embodying the unfortunate character of Larry Gopnik, and even the meaning behind the rather odd opening sequence.
Click Here to read Allen’s Scorecard Review of A Serious Man
What do you feel your role and character had to do with the mystery of faith?
I would say almost a physical manifestation of the mystery of faith.
- 10/9/2009
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Thanks in large part to their often fatalistic films, the Coen Brothers have a reputation of being cynical and presenting a jaded view on humanity. Yet while they dabble in human suffering—be it in the cold harsh world of life-and-death chases or the suffocation of suburban complacency—they never forget to slip in their quirky sense of humor between the folds of pain, as if it’s the only logical way to cope with the inevitable.
With A Serious Man, they return to their childhood environment, the middle-class Jewish suburbs of Minneapolis. Not that it’s an autobiographical or personal journey film or anything like that. It’s more of a 1960’s set retelling of the story of Job (of the Old Testament), but just as Fargo isn’t really based on a true story and O Brother Where Art Thou isn’t really based on The Odyssey, A Serious Man...
With A Serious Man, they return to their childhood environment, the middle-class Jewish suburbs of Minneapolis. Not that it’s an autobiographical or personal journey film or anything like that. It’s more of a 1960’s set retelling of the story of Job (of the Old Testament), but just as Fargo isn’t really based on a true story and O Brother Where Art Thou isn’t really based on The Odyssey, A Serious Man...
- 10/9/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
Chicago – In “A Serious Man,” the remarkable new film by Joel and Ethan Coen, Michael Stuhlbarg carries the narrative weight through his amazing performance as Larry Gopnik, the put-upon victim of a series of odd and desperate circumstances.
Larry is a college physics professor in a 1967 Minnesota town. He lives with his wife and two children in a seemingly perfect middle class Jewish realm. But suddenly his wife wants to leave him, he can’t throw his mooching brother out of house, and his son is too stoned to focus on his upcoming Bar Mitzvah. This Old Testament-like state of affairs might crush him, or might just make him stronger.
Michael Stuhlbarg sat down with HollywoodChicago.com, and in a comprehensive and philosophical interview talked about the particular universe of the Coen Brothers and his lead character within it.
Master of All He Surveys: Michael Stuhlbarg as Larry Gopnik in...
Larry is a college physics professor in a 1967 Minnesota town. He lives with his wife and two children in a seemingly perfect middle class Jewish realm. But suddenly his wife wants to leave him, he can’t throw his mooching brother out of house, and his son is too stoned to focus on his upcoming Bar Mitzvah. This Old Testament-like state of affairs might crush him, or might just make him stronger.
Michael Stuhlbarg sat down with HollywoodChicago.com, and in a comprehensive and philosophical interview talked about the particular universe of the Coen Brothers and his lead character within it.
Master of All He Surveys: Michael Stuhlbarg as Larry Gopnik in...
- 10/7/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A Serious Man boasts all the hallmarks of a typical Coen brothers film, including delightful meanderings away from the central plot, quirks in dialogue and facial expressions, and random events that have a dramatic effect on the lives of its characters. But for all its resemblance to the average picture from Joel and Ethan Coen, their latest offering is their most challenging, noncommercial work yet.
Set in a largely Jewish suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, A Serious Man reflects not only the Coens’ Midwestern roots, but it also focuses on their Jewish heritage. The film’s seemingly unrelated prologue is set in a 19th century shtetl in Europe, and religion figures prominently in both the daily lives of A Serious Man’s characters as well as its protagonist’s existential crisis. Resembling a 1960s retelling of Job’s trials, A Serious Man follows the tribulations of Jewish college professor Larry Gopnik...
Set in a largely Jewish suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, A Serious Man reflects not only the Coens’ Midwestern roots, but it also focuses on their Jewish heritage. The film’s seemingly unrelated prologue is set in a 19th century shtetl in Europe, and religion figures prominently in both the daily lives of A Serious Man’s characters as well as its protagonist’s existential crisis. Resembling a 1960s retelling of Job’s trials, A Serious Man follows the tribulations of Jewish college professor Larry Gopnik...
- 10/7/2009
- CinemaSpy
Chicago – In our latest comedy/drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the Chicago screening of the highly anticipated new film “A Serious Man” from Oscar-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen!
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen are the creators of “Raising Arizona,” “Fargo,” “The Big Lebowski,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” “No Country for Old Men” and “Burn After Reading”. “A Serious Man” stars Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus, Peter Breitmayer and Alan Mandell.
To win your free pass to the Chicago screening of “A Serious Man” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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Joel Coen and Ethan Coen are the creators of “Raising Arizona,” “Fargo,” “The Big Lebowski,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” “No Country for Old Men” and “Burn After Reading”. “A Serious Man” stars Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus, Peter Breitmayer and Alan Mandell.
To win your free pass to the Chicago screening of “A Serious Man” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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- 10/3/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
There are two things present in every Coen Bros film – crime and fools. Usually the fools are the ones committing the crimes and trying (failing) to get away with them. However, it never feels like the brothers have any sympathy towards the “heroes.” On the contrary, it often feels like they enjoy making up idiots so they can point and laugh at them. In this film, though, they seem to finally flip that and reach out a helping hand to Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), obscure as that help may be. The Coens are among the smartest writer/directors working today. Heck, they translated Homer’s Odyssey into a Depression-era Midwestern road trip. Their worldview finds humor in oddities and discomfort – a handshake that lasts a few seconds too long, an unwanted hug, an awkward silence after a bit of stupidity has been uttered. It is in the mundane that the...
- 10/2/2009
- by Marco Duran
- Atomic Popcorn
Joel and Ethan Coen have an almost chronic aversion to being taken seriously. Their darkest movies are nevertheless laced with black humor, and in interviews, they tend to rebuff the idea that their work is about anything other than what appears on the surface. Even to the actors who have worked with them, their intentions are frequently opaque. One need only glance at "Barton Fink"'s withering portrait of an Odets-ian playwright nattering on about his designs for proletarian theater to see what the Coens think of artists who advertise their themes.
The title of "A Serious Man," then, can only be ironic -- and indeed, the Coens make it nearly impossible to take anyone in the film seriously. Their unlucky protagonist, physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), is an affable bumbler on whom misfortunes rain like in an unceasing torrent. In short order, he's asked for a divorce, threatened...
The title of "A Serious Man," then, can only be ironic -- and indeed, the Coens make it nearly impossible to take anyone in the film seriously. Their unlucky protagonist, physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), is an affable bumbler on whom misfortunes rain like in an unceasing torrent. In short order, he's asked for a divorce, threatened...
- 9/30/2009
- by Sam Adams
- ifc.com
"A Serious Man," the new film from the great Coen brothers has just earned the Critics' Choice seal! The Critics' Choice distinction is given to new movies receiving a high Critics' Choice Ratings score in the weekly voting by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, of which I'm a proud member, thank you very much!
The film earned a high score of 87 making it eligible to receive the Critics' Choice seal. Check out the Bfca website right here, and "A Serious Man" seal right here.
"A Serious Man" opens in limited release this Thursday, Oct. 1st.
Here's more info about the film:
A Serious Man
Release Date October 1, 2009
MPAA Rating R
Directed By Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus, Adam Arkin
Official Site http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeature ... erious_man
Synopsis (From Focus)
"A Serious Man" is the story of...
The film earned a high score of 87 making it eligible to receive the Critics' Choice seal. Check out the Bfca website right here, and "A Serious Man" seal right here.
"A Serious Man" opens in limited release this Thursday, Oct. 1st.
Here's more info about the film:
A Serious Man
Release Date October 1, 2009
MPAA Rating R
Directed By Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus, Adam Arkin
Official Site http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeature ... erious_man
Synopsis (From Focus)
"A Serious Man" is the story of...
- 9/30/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
It's hard to put a finger on exactly what a Coen brothers movie is. That's part of the great allure of them.As writers and directors, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen don't just keep pumping out the same movie over and over, as so many filmmakers do. From the comic antics of "Raising Arizona" to the noir of "The Man Who Wasn't There," the goofballs of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" to the outlaws of "No Country for Old Men," they're all strikingly different. They surprise us.But there are some thematic threads that frequently run though them, which get tangled together in what is the Coens' most thoughtful and personal film, "A Serious Man."Basically the point here is that the universe is random, it gives you insurmountable challenges, and there's nothing you can do about it. The concepts...
- 9/29/2009
- Filmicafe
Joel and Ethan Coen aren't usually accused, even by their most ardent devotees, of making intensely personal films (unless, of course, you count their technique as personal, or their attitude). What's more, in a quarter of a century of moviemaking, the Coens have never dealt deeply and explicitly with their Jewish heritage. (Not that there's anything wrong with not dealing with it.) And that makes A Serious Man, their remarkable new film, something of a landmark in the Coen universe. It's set in 1967 in an unnamed, amusingly flat and nondescript Midwestern city (very much, the Coens claim, like the Minnesota town in which they grew up), and it's about a fractious, scrambling, and deeply anxious Jewish family, in particular the perpetually rattled physics-professor father, Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), who is doing everything he can to be a mensch, but whose life is coming apart at the badly tailored seams. He's a bespectacled,...
- 9/13/2009
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW.com - The Movie Critics
The banquet continues to get bigger during this equally elephantine cinematic salad course. Everything, from another unnecessary helping of serial killer Jigsaw to a pair of takes on two famous literary classics turn up this month. So do the standard spook shows, Romcoms, stunt spectaculars, and other familiar (if often tasty) samples of celluloid cuisine.
Films That Should SatisfyDirector: Joel & Ethan Coen Film: A Serious Man Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Wagner Lennick, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff MPAA rating: R Image: http://www.popmatters.com/images/blog_art/a/aseriousmanposter.jpg Display as: List 2 OctoberA Serious Man How do the Coen Brothers do it? How do they keep coming up with inventive narratives, complicated characters, and directorial flair that's as reverent to the past as it is indicative of film's future. Aside from a rough bit from 2003 through 2005 (in which the subpar Ladykillers remake and Intolerable Cruelty resulted), they've...
Films That Should SatisfyDirector: Joel & Ethan Coen Film: A Serious Man Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Wagner Lennick, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff MPAA rating: R Image: http://www.popmatters.com/images/blog_art/a/aseriousmanposter.jpg Display as: List 2 OctoberA Serious Man How do the Coen Brothers do it? How do they keep coming up with inventive narratives, complicated characters, and directorial flair that's as reverent to the past as it is indicative of film's future. Aside from a rough bit from 2003 through 2005 (in which the subpar Ladykillers remake and Intolerable Cruelty resulted), they've...
- 9/9/2009
- by By Bill Gibron
- PopMatters
Here is the official one sheet for Focus Features upcoming film ” A Serious Man!”, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus and Adam Arkin A Serious Man! opens in theatres October 2, 2009 “A Serious Man” is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and “F-Troop” is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) [...]...
- 8/8/2009
- by The Critic
- SmartCine.com
We have added the trailer for the Coen brothers upcoming comedy, 'A Serious Man'. Released in October the film stars Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus and Adam Arkin. Watch the trailer below; .A Serious Man. is the story of an ordinary man.s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and .F-Troop. is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a...
- 8/5/2009
- by Anthony Pearson
- Monsters and Critics
Here is the trailer for Focus Features upcoming film “A Serious Man”.The dark comedy is directed by Coen Brothers starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus and Adam Arkin A Serious Man hit theaters in October 2009 “A Serious Man” is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and “F-Troop” is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is [...]...
- 8/4/2009
- by The Critic
- SmartCine.com
Ethan and Joel Coen are back in action, and their latest creation is a comedy entitled "A Serious Man." A first trailer for the film is now online, and as you can see below, it looks both funny and intriguing.
"Man" centers on a guy named Larry Gopnik, a physics professor whose life starts to fall apart when his wife decides to leave him, his lazy brother refuses to move out, his son has problems at school, and his daughter is trying to get a nose job.
Oh, many more things will happen to Larry in the film, and I can't wait to meet this guy and his misadventure on the big screen. Like I mentioned above, this one looks incredibly awkward yet very interesting as well.
Michael Stuhlbarg, Simon Helberg, Richard Kind, Adam Arkin, George Wyner, Sari Lennick, Jessica McManus and Aaron Wolff star. Watch for "A Serious Man" in theaters this October.
"Man" centers on a guy named Larry Gopnik, a physics professor whose life starts to fall apart when his wife decides to leave him, his lazy brother refuses to move out, his son has problems at school, and his daughter is trying to get a nose job.
Oh, many more things will happen to Larry in the film, and I can't wait to meet this guy and his misadventure on the big screen. Like I mentioned above, this one looks incredibly awkward yet very interesting as well.
Michael Stuhlbarg, Simon Helberg, Richard Kind, Adam Arkin, George Wyner, Sari Lennick, Jessica McManus and Aaron Wolff star. Watch for "A Serious Man" in theaters this October.
- 7/30/2009
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
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