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NEWS ABOUT: Ethan Coen

Ethan Coen stories: 4 news summaries
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 A Look Back at 
 Movies of the '00s 

Which films will be remembered, and which ones deserve it?

Nov 14, 09 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The shifting sands of entertainment technology make a look at the past decade's movies a tricky proposition simply because standing the test of time means something different almost daily. "The possibility of a digital, on-demand afterlife guarantees at least a theoretically universal long-tail immortality to blockbusters and curiosities alike,... More »

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entertainment • Steven Spielberg • independent film • film • Coen brothers • Joel Coen • Ethan Coen • Joel and Ethan Coen • movies • film criticism • indie film • 2000s

 Coen Brothers' Ad
Knocks 'Clean Coal'

Filmmaking duo mock coal industry in ad for Al Gore green group

Feb 27, 09 3:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The Coen brothers chuck the notion of "clean coal" into the woodchipper in a new ad commissioned by Al Gore’s Reality Coalition, the Guardian reports. The ad, which the filmmaking duo directed for the anti-coal environmental group, features a salesman spraying black smog from a can marked "... More »

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coal • film director • advertisements • Coen brothers • Joel Coen • Ethan Coen • clean coal

Non-Mainstream Seduced Oscar

Non-Americans are dominating as increasing revenue comes from overseas

Feb 25, 08 7:35 AM CST
(Newser) - For a Hollywood award, Oscar wasn't too fond of Tinseltown last night. The Academy Awards were dominated by a crew of crack European actors—and a pair of maverick brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen, operating far from the Hollywood mainstream. It was a record year for the number of Oscars... More »

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Hollywood • Academy Awards • Coen brothers • Joel Coen • Ethan Coen • No Country for Old Men • Javier Bardem • Joel and Ethan Coen • There Will Be Blood • Marion Cotillard • Daniel Day-Lewis • Tilda Swinton • Bardem • Oscars

No Country Is Thriller Heaven

Coen brothers adapt McCarthy novel to good effect

Nov 9, 07 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - It's a far piece from their Oscar-winning Fargo, but No Country for Old Men, the new thriller from Joel and Ethan Coen, is generating the same kind of buzz. Set in a West Texas border town in 1980, No Country, an adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel about a... More »

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movie review • Tommy Lee Jones • Coen brothers • Joel Coen • Ethan Coen • Fargo • Javier Bardem • Josh Brolin • Cormac McCarthy

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