A Serious Man

11/06/09 A rare feud brewing between Yiddish theater companies is burning hotter than, well, chicken fat on a fire. members of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene — one of the city's oldest stage troupes — against a breakaway upstart, the New Yiddish Repertory.  |  New York Post - New York NY

11/04/09 Amiable and pleasant, Splinterheads revolves around a romance between Justin ( Thomas Middleditch ), an aimless small town dreamer, and Galaxy ( Rachael Taylor ), a gorgeous grifter who (literally) bumps into him at a gas station.  |  Cinematical.com

11/04/09 Blending dark humor with profoundly personal themes, the Coen brothers deliver what might be their most mature -- if not their best -- film to date.  |  Rotten Tomatoes

11/02/09 Since it was introduced 70 years ago, the Academy Awards' original screenplay category has been a breeding ground for fresh new voices, launching careers and solidifying the legacy of writers as diverse as Orson Welles, Billy Wilder and Paddy Chayefsky.  |  The Hollywood Reporter

10/30/09 Do you take advantage of the new freedoms?" purrs sexy next-door neighbor Mrs. Samsky in the Coen brothers' 1967-set "A Serious Man." The question looms large over a number of this year's award-season films, many of them set either on the cusp of that moment of revolutionary change in the '60s ("An Education," "A Single Man"), during its heyday ("A Serious Man," "Nine," "Pirate Radio") or as its gleam began to wear off and turn darker ("The Damned United," "The Lovely Bones").  |  Variety

10/29/09 He's a good guy," is how Michael Stuhlbarg describes Larry Gopnik, an angst-ridden Jewish math professor who questions God, guilt and the meaning of life in "A Serious Man," Joel and Ethan Coen's semiautobiographical nod to their 1960s suburban Minneapolis upbringing.  |  Variety

10/28/09 The Twitter-Wood feed assembled after the jump is the fine work of Mr. Brian Warmoth, but he seems to have disappeared before finishing the evening's intro bump.  |  MTV Movies Blog

10/28/09 Via our friends at indieWIRE , we learn that Brian Baugh's faith-based To Save a Life will be released by Samuel Goldwyn Films in January 2010.  |  Cinematical.com

10/26/09 Matt Damon is in discussions to star in Ethan and Joel Coen's remake of "True Grit." Josh Brolin, who starred in the brothers' "No Country for Old Men," is also in talks for a major role.  |  The Hollywood Reporter

10/23/09 Expect to see the best of the West and the East congregating in Qatar for the inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival.  |  Variety