Comments on: A Serious Man

By: Melancholia » Movie Monster

Melancholia » Movie Monster — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:14:24 +0000

[...] lately: not only Malick and Trier, but Miranda July; and the Coen brothers have done their share of cosmic fist-shaking as well. Is it a reaction by intellectuals against the steady ascent of secularism? They’re not [...]

By: My Joy » Movie Monster

My Joy » Movie Monster — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:20:18 +0000

[...] but it’s always been the common folk who have borne the thorns. Unreal as the figures in this fable are—they look like serfs, and both their clothing and cars seem unstuck in time—Loznitsa [...]

By: The Adjustment Bureau » Movie Monster

The Adjustment Bureau » Movie Monster — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:52:43 +0000

[...] a cerebral spoof—or a cloak-and-dagger assault on the audience, with God as grumpy as he was in A Serious Man. There’s only one scene that teeters on emotional devastation. Two cars smash into one another, [...]

By: True Grit » Movie Monster

True Grit » Movie Monster — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:41:50 +0000

[...] dirty mind; True Grit is a breath of fresh air. Their last two outings, Burn After Reading and A Serious Man, seemed to be the work of depressives seeking converts; but, here, they’ve actually fleshed out [...]

By: And the Winner for the Best Picture of 2009 is . . . » Movie Monster

And the Winner for the Best Picture of 2009 is . . . » Movie Monster — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:31:28 +0000

[...] A Serious Man [...]

By: Shutter Island » Movie Monster

Shutter Island » Movie Monster — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:39:27 +0000

[...] professionalism—Scrosese’s 40-year endeavor to blend opera with genre filmmaking—to that of A Serious Man, which was a snub to anyone who tried to parse the Coens’ [...]

By: The Men Who Stare at Goats » Movie Monster

The Men Who Stare at Goats » Movie Monster — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:29:39 +0000

[...] the talents and manias of the Coen brothers beautifully; this story even has a New Age twist on fatalism.) Of course, the drawback is that this technique would require some undaunted douchebagery; and [...]