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The man who’s always there: Carter Burwell’s collaborations with the Coen Bros.

In his 30-year career as a composer, Carter Burwell’s film scores have run the veritable cinematic gamut. From composing for Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation., Where the Wild Things Are) to his work being the best parts of the Twilight saga, Burwell’s résumé is sporadic and unconventional, even for a man who makes film music for …

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JK Simmons Cuts to the Chase

“Don’t you see, the complexity is what makes it all so brilliant!” For those who found Inception simply annoying and convoluted, those jokers at CollegeHumor.com have recently produced the instructional video Inception Characters Don’t Understand Inception. In it, an increasingly exasperated actress who looks nothing like Ellen Page attempts to get her head round the …

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Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading 2008, USA Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Produced by Tim Bevan, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Eric Fellner Starring: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovitch, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt There’s a fine line between cynical black comedy and sociopathy. On one side of it, you …

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