The critical understanding of The Coen Brothers’ ‘No Country for Old Men’ often has divided, vaguely, between moralistic versus fatalistic interpretations. Is the killer Anton Chiguhr a human being, and therefore does the film ask us to take measure of his cock-eyed morality? Or is he a specter, a grim reaper for the modern age, a natural phenomenon that operates beyond moral application? How you ... more >
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A Serious Man
Weighty but not entirely lovable
Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind and Fred Melamed
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
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