Ethan Coen

Looking back at 'Diner,' 30 years later

2011-12-03 12:35:00

Few films in movie history — and maybe no other film by a first-time writer-director — proved to be the breakthrough moment for as many talents as a made-in-Baltimore comedy-drama called "Diner." Viewers still respond to all the people in it,...

Films nominated for Writers Guild

2002-02-07 13:33:00

It's elementary, Oscar

2002-01-28 00:00:00

Sherlock Holmes never tried his hand at Oscar prognosticating, but indications are he would have had a flair for it. "When you have eliminated the impossible," the great detective said, "whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." As it...

Good Morning, Cannes: Father Figures, Funny Men and Teen Lesbians

2013-05-24 05:56:02

May 24 (TheWrap.com) - Once in a while at Cannes (though definitely not very often), the focus can shift away from the films and the deals and the moguls, and onto a guy who wrote about film. It happened on Thursday afternoon, when the American Pavilion...

'Bling Ring's' Sofia Coppola to be honored at Crystal + Lucy Awards

2013-05-24 08:57:00

Oscar-winning writer-director Sofia Coppola, whose latest film "The Bling Ring" screened at the Cannes and opens June 14 stateside, is this year's winner of the Crystal + Lucy Awards' Dorothy Arzner Directors Award. The award is named after the...

Period dramas premiere on day 10 of Cannes film festival

2013-05-24 09:30:04

CANNES (Reuters) - America's immigration debate finds echos in a period drama that premiered at the Cannes film festival on Friday about a Polish woman who arrives at Ellis Island and fights to survive in 1920s New York. "The Immigrant" features French...

Highland Park resident wins prize to meet Ben Stiller

2013-05-24 10:49:00

The same man who arranged for the marquee prize at Rotary's scholarship fundraiser also turned out to be the one who outbid the crowd to win it. Len Tenner's daughter, Rachel, is a Hollywood film casting director and producer who arranged for the...

New Ethan Coen Play Set for Off Broadway's Atlantic

2013-05-23 14:30:05

Ethan Coen returns to Off Broadway this fall with new play "Women or Nothing," set to bow at the Atlantic Theater Company in a run that precedes the December release of his latest pic, "Inside Llewyn Davis." Also on the Atlantic's 2013-14 slate are a...

Cannes Film Festival: Kickstarter kids make an unlikely trip

2013-05-22 00:00:00

CANNES, France — A few months ago, Jeremy Saulnier had risen early for a flight to Cleveland when he saw a message in his inbox. It was in French. The 36-year-old New Yorker was traveling to the Buckeye State to shoot corporate videos, which the...

A good year (so far) for American films at Cannes

2013-05-22 09:35:04

CANNES, France American movies are faring well this year in Cannes, with the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis" holding on to the No. 1 spot in the competition for the Palme d'Or, according to a poll of critics compiled by Screen International. Set in...

Good Morning, Cannes: Liberace Lights Up the Homestretch

2013-05-22 05:50:03

May 22 (TheWrap.com) - The TV movie did just fine in the temple of cinema. Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra" was made for HBO and is headed for a Sunday debut on the cable channel, a situation forced on the director when the movie studios he...

FACTBOX-Reviews for films in main competition at Cannes 2013

2013-05-22 06:47:02

CANNES, May 22 (Reuters) - This year 20 films are in the main competition at the Cannes film festival, vying for the Palme d'Or for best picture that will be awarded on May 26. Here is the 2013 lineup with the average rating out of four by 10...

Oscar Isaac in the Coen brothers movie "Inside Llewyn Davis."

2013-05-19 13:26:30

The Coen brothers chose Prohibition-era America as the setting for their 1990 gangster film "Miller's Crossing." The film centers on Tom Reagan, played by Gabriel Byrne, and his alliance to two rival gangs in a major city.

2013-04-10 15:10:48

Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries are unfairly portrayed as slackers gaming the system like the Coen brothers' Jeff Lebowski, whiling away his life at the bowling alley.

2013-04-02 15:10:25