This months Empire magazine has a 13 page article about the Coen brothers movies called, The Complete Coens. There’s a two page interview with our favourite siblings about No Country For Old Men and a page dedicated to each movie (except the last four which get half a page each). In addition there’s a section about the three forthcoming movies, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man and Hail Caesar. Well worth picking up however, This months Empire magazine has a 13 page article about the Coen brothers movies called, The Complete Coens. There’s a two page interview with our favrourits siblings about No Country For Old Men and a page dedicated to each movie (except the last four which get half a page each). In addition there’s a section about the three forthcoming movies, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man and Hail Caesar. Well worth picking up however, for me, there’s too much time wasted discussing subtext.for me, there’s too much time wasted discussing subtext.

Time magazine’s site has a frankly awesome transcript of a chat that Joel and Ethan had with Cormac McCarthy, terrific author of the terrific novel No Country For Old Men.

Thanks to John and Ulli (a nihlist?) for the link.

Lots of people got in touch to point me in the direction of a featurette over at Apple’s site. The Coens have been using Apple’s editing software, Final Cut Pro, for some time now and have filmed a short interview for Apple. It mainly concentrates on the use of colour in O Brother, Where Art Thou? but does contain shots from No Country For Old Men of Moss being persued by a truck (I’m doubtful that the shots of a city and taxi are from the movie but you never know). Very exciting indeed- the first footage from the next Coen movie!!! Go check it out – Apple Final Cut Coen interview

Thanks; Red, John, Doug, Curt, Ramesh, Armon and Ricky (hope I haven’t missed anyone).

The Coen brothers are among many “top directors” who are each creating one of 35 three minute films on the subject of going to the cinema. They are being made to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. Let’s hope we get to see them on DVD one day and also that the Coen’s latest No Country For Old Men is in competition this year.

Link – bbc.co.uk

Check this out. An awesome 3 minute montage of iconic Coen moments.

Thanks to Stephen Glitheroe for the tip off.

Jesus Quintanta/Bernie Bernbaum/Barton Fink himself, John Turturro, has, as I’m sure you’re aware by now, directed his third movie, Romance & Cigarettes which is executive produced by the Coen brothers. You can read an interview he did at the NFT in London at the link on the right. There are a few mentions of the Coen brothers, such as the fact that it was their idea for Turturro to cast James Gandolfini in the movie..

Guardian Unlimited

You know how sometimes you’re sent a link which leads to another link, then another and another? Well, I happened across the website of photographer, Kevin Westenberg in this manner. Imagine my surprise then when I found that he had photographed the Coen brothers. Hopefully he won’t mind me sticking the piccies up here for you guys to see… IMAGE ONE IMAGE TWO There’s also one of Joel’s wife Frances McDormand.

A slow, slow news time so I thought I’d mention that in, yet another, poll in Empire magazine, this time “the 200 things that rocked Empire’s world” in it’s 16 year (200 issue) life, the Coen brothers made it in at the dizzying height of number 7!

Anyone reading this on a Mac might be interested to know that an artist by the name of Aurélien Le Roux has created sytlised icons of movie directors in what he calls his Masters of Cinema series. Part 4 of said series contains the Coen brothers. I don’t have a Mac so I can’t use them but for those who can follow the link on the right. If, like me you have only a PC here’s the Coen icon…

Thanks to “finishdish” for the nod – InterfaceLIFT

I’m a bit late on this one but I only found out today (thanks Joseph), but the Coen brothers made an appearance at the Soho Apple Store in New York on Tuesday 10th May (yeah, I know) to discuss their usage of Apple’s Final Cut Pro to edit both Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers. You can also read a great article about the Coen brother’s use of said software HERE and see a (dodgy) photo from the event HERE. Thanks to Joseph Kinney for the heads-up.