A Serious Revisitation

It seems that with just about every Coen brothers film, it takes me two attempts to really fall in love with the film.  Such was the case with A Serious Man.  I saw it the first time, said “eh…”, and walked away. Then I saw it a second time and thought, “oh yeah, that’s brilliant.” With the film up for the best-picture award at the Oscars, Slate also takes a second look at the film.

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Bites: The Coens Grit, Detesting Eggers, Dennis Cooper on Justin Taylor, Lit. Mystery Spots, and More

The Coen bros are closer to making True Grit a reality. From The Awl: “It’s safe to say that Eggers is currently the most detested man in American haute-literary circles.” Remember that time a bunch of people wanted to kill Salman Rushdie?  He’s gonna write a book about it. Dennis Cooper on Justin Taylor. L Magazine reviews Taylor’s Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever. A literary mystery spot at Lit Kicks. Where all all the Jews in John Hughes’ […]

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