“Aside from the half-assed plotting, the biggest flaw of ‘Honey Don’t!’ is that even with Cooke’s involvement, the sexuality of the protagonists lacks any sort of perceptive depth, with no inter-character dynamic feeling more lived-in than the plot needs it to be.”
“Grief is a quiet but unrelenting presence within ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ that gradually reveals itself the more viewers learn about the death of Mike Timlin, the protagonist’s friend and singing partner.”
“In a way, the Coens complete the arc of the film, tying it together cohesively, by suggesting that the arc is random, sometimes cruel, and sometimes meaningless.”
“When we watch the films, we can be Larry — agonising over ‘feeling the question’ — or we can be Sussman, content not to know but still enjoying the experience.”
“Like the films it contains, Hail, Caesar! mystifies its audience via otherworldly charm and magnificent grandeur — it is not a love letter to anything, it is a hymnal to the divine spirit of film.”
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.