A Serious Man

...earns him as much pity as sympathy. So A Serious Man, which has its world premiere tonight at the Toronto Film Festival before opening in theaters Oct. 2, is a rare event in movies, where action is character. It's certainly rare for the Coens,...

In this article: Coen brothers, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, Taking Woodstock, Minneapolis, Physics, and God

TIFF Review Round-up: 'A Serious Man,' 'Invention of Lying' Reviews for the Toronto International Film Festival screenings of the Coen Brothers' "A Serious Man" (pictured) and the Ricky Gervais-directed and -penned "The Invention of Lying"...

In this article: Ricky Gervais, Coen brothers, Oscar, Dark Horizons, The Hollywood Reporter, Screen Daily, Toronto International Film Festival, Focus Features, and Jennifer Garner

"I don't think either of us would," Ethan Coen, 52, said in an interview alongside his 54-year-old brother at the Toronto International Film Festival, where "A Serious Man" played ahead of its theatrical release Friday. "I don't...

In this article: Ethan Coen, Academy Awards, Hollywood, No Country for Old Men, Physics, Burn After Reading, and Toronto International Film Festival

The new Coen Bros. comedy A Serious Man and Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It will both have their world bows at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19), acquisitions Variety headlined yesterday as major "nabs."

In this article: Drew Barrymore, Capitalism, Burn After Reading, Whip It, Toronto, and Michael Moore

...profound disillusion and spiritual unease-themes that the Coens, for once, were willing to cop to when The A.V. Club caught up with them at the Toronto International Film Festival the day after its premiere. The A.V. Club: The setting of A...

In this article: Joel Coen, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, The A.V. Club, John Malkovich, and Conceptual framework

...Fink Last month's Toronto Film Festival found me spending much of my precious between-movie time arguing with colleagues-including The A.V. Club's Scott Tobias and Noel Murray-about A Serious Man, the latest Coen brothers joint. Most...

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...Inquirer movie critic Steven Rea reports from the Toronto Film Festival. Ethan (left) and Joel Coen bring irony and absurdity to "A Serious Man." Blogosphere Inquirer movie critic Steven Rea reports from the Toronto Film...

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The spirituality of the Coen brothers A Serious Man is only the latest, and most overtly religious, of filmmaking brothers' spiritual movies No doubt some filmgoers will be more than a little surprised by the overtly religious themes...

In this article: Coen brothers, God, The Big Lebowski, Blood Simple, Judaism, Oscar, Chicago Sun-Times, and Burn After Reading

TORONTO -- The upcoming Coen brothers coming-of-age tale "A Serious Man" from Focus Features and Drew Barrymore's "Whip It" from Fox Searchlight are set for world premiere launches at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.

In this article: Toronto, Whip It, Drew Barrymore, Coen brothers, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Werner Herzog, Toronto International Film Festival, Capitalism, and The Private Lives of Pippa Lee