A Very Coen Career: Part Three
Between them, Joel and Ethan Coen have directed a whopping sixteen films. To celebrate the release of their latest, Inside Llewyn Davis, here’s Joseph McDonagh‘s special three-part retrospective on the films of the Coen Brothers. In part three, he looks at the Coens’ prestige period — the late noughties to the present day — from the No Country for Old Men … Continue reading
A Very Coen Career: Part One
Between them, Joel and Ethan Coen have directed a whopping sixteen films. To celebrate the release of their latest, Inside Llewyn Davis, here’s Joseph McDonagh special three-part retrospective on the films of the Coen Brothers. In part one, he looks at the Coens’ early years — the mid-eighties and nineties — from their debut, Blood Simple … Continue reading
Defining Moments: Hair of the Dog That Bit Me
Joseph McDonagh recalls the moment he realised cinema didn’t have to be a fantastic yet formulaic spectacle when QT introduced him to a different kind of beast, as part of our Defining Moments series. Before we get under way it must be said that this article could just have easily been about one man, the … Continue reading
The Battle Between Spirit and Flesh: Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ
Joseph McDonagh revisits Martin Scorsese’s infamous biblical adaptation. In 1988 Martin Scorsese released a film that would shake the world with its deviations from Christian text. The backlash from Christian fundamentalists was severe; movements were formed to ban the film, cinemas were attacked and burnt down, and death threats were assigned to members of the film’s … Continue reading
Kubrick on the Guillotine 