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"Kurt Russell is to the right of Attila the Hun."
Thu, Aug 28 2008 4:48 PM

Quotes from the interview circuit: "No one seems to mention that the President of the United States in Escape from New York is British! [Laughs] We made up some story about him being the love child of Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. That didn't make it into the movie because Kurt Russell is to the right of Attila the Hun. He actually doesn't think... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Joel Coen, In quotes, Ethan Coen, John Carpenter, Escape From New York, Tokyo!, Alicia Erian, Towelhead, Ricky, François Ozon, The Big Lebowski, Kurt Russell, Michel Gondry, Gabrielle Bell

"Burn After Reading": The trades say yes! And no!
Wed, Aug 27 2008 1:58 PM

The early reviews of the Coens' "Burn After Reading," which opens the Venice Film Festival tonight, are out, and they're up, down and all over the place. Todd McCarthy at Variety thinks the film finds the brothers C retreating "to sophomoric snarky mode," bemoaning the fact that the "seriously talented cast has been asked to act... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Joel Coen, Critic wrangle, Burn After Reading, Venice 2008, Ethan Coen

In the works: "Pump your brakes kid, that man's a national treasure."
Tue, Aug 19 2008 4:37 PM

In the works: Paul Hogan has a new film -- "Charlie & Boots" will follow "a father and son who travel from Victoria to Cape York to fulfill their lifelong ambition to fish off Australia's northern tip." Hogan's last, 2004's "Strange Bedfellows," found him and Michael Caton pretending to be a gay couple in order to... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Joel Coen, In the works, Thomas Turgoose, Paul Hogan, The Scouting Book for Boys, Sam Raimi, Terry Bradshaw, Sleeper, Diane Keaton, Ethan Coen, Charlie & Boots, Walking on Dead Fish, Smother, Tom Cruise, Tom Harper, A Serious Man, Franklin Martin

Tilda Swinton founds strangest film festival ever.
Tue, Jul 8 2008 4:25 PM

Tilda Swinton is starting a small festival in her hometown of Nairn in north-east Scotland. She's passed up what I feel is a key opportunity to capitalize on her recent Hollywood role by calling her event "Nairnia" or the like, instead going with "The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams." Tickets to films will cost £3 or a tray of baked... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Mark Cousins, The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams, Festivals, Joel Coen, Tilda Swinton