Tonight!

At 6:50 & 9:10 P.M.

Now with a bonus giveaway of two tickets per show to the Intiman Theatre's production of Clifford Odets's Paradise Lost playing through April 25th!

Top 5 Lists Related To, But Not Including, Barton Fink

Top 5 Coen Brothers Films:

1. The Big Lebowski (1998)
2. Miller's Crossing (1990)
3. No Country for Old Men (2007)
4. Raising Arizona (1987)
5. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)


Top 5 Non-Coen John Turturro Films:

1. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
2. Quiz Show (Robert Redford, 1994)
3. The Color of Money (Martin Scorsese, 1986)
4. Rounders (John Dahl, 1998)
5. Cradle Will Rock (Tom Robbins, 1999)


Top 5 Non-Coen John Goodman Films:

1. Speed Racer (The Wachowskis, 2008)
2. Monsters, Inc (Pete Docter, 2001)
3. Bringing Out the Dead (Martin Scorsese, 1999)
4. Masked and Anonymous (Larry Charles, 2003)
5. King Ralph (David S. Ward, 1991)


Top 5 Post-1980 Palme D'Or Winners:

1. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
2. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach, 2006)
3. Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997)
4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
5. Kagemusha (Akira Kurosawa, 1980)


Top 5 Films of 1991:

1. L.A. Story (Mick Jackson)
2. Slacker (Richard Linklater)
3. The Double Life of Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
4. Les amants du Pont-Neuf (Leos Carax)
5. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (Fax Bahr & George Hickenlooper)

Links: Barton Fink

Offscreen hosts a 23-page essay by Randall Barnes on the expert sound design of Barton Fink.

The A.V. Club analyzes the early scene when Barton checks into the Hotel Earle in their Scenic Route series.

Heading to L.A. soon?  If so, you can visit the shooting locations of Barton Fink thanks to movie-locations.com 

A pair of bonus links this week since Sean and I were too lazy to write anything original for the blog.  Back in 2007 we participated in a Coen Bros blog-a-thon (that coincidentally everyone else was too lazy to write anything for).   Sean expertly defends the Coens from attacks by ivory-tower-ensconced critics, while I just basically drool over the Man Who Wasn't There.

Enjoy!

Coming Attractions: Barton Fink

Wednesday, April 7th at 6:50 & 9:10 P.M.

Giveaways: Miller's Crossing DVD courtesy of Scarecrow Video and a gift certificate to Cinema Books, respectively.

See you there!

Classics Calendar Update

We have finally solidified the bookings for the second half of this series and I would like to take a moment to unpack my weathered bugle and herald the arrival of two phenomenally fantastic feature films. We are happy as punch and pleased as clams to present Robert Zemeckis's dizzyingly hilarious blend of noir and cartoons, the madcap Who Framed Roger Rabbit; and the Coen brothers' waggishly withering Barton Fink. Both films will be joining Billy Wilder's Sunset Blvd. under the three-week Notoriously Hollywood heading. It's going to be a doozy.

I would also like to formally unveil our brand new sponsor for this twelve-week juggernaut, Cinema Books, the wonderful specialty shop located directly between the Metro and our other weekly giveaway partner, Scarecrow Video. We truly cannot thank these businesses enough for their gracious generosity in support of our humble enterprise. Give them all of your money.

Finally, I would like to take a moment to thank everyone that turned out Wednesday night to make Swing Time our most popular Fred Astaire feature to date. Thanks so much for kicking off this series in such a splendid fashion. We hope to see you all in the coming weeks.