Here’s a riddle: how many characters does it take to make a Woody Allen? Judging from Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the answer is two: one blond and one brunette. The blonde (Scarlett Johannson) is Cristina and the brunette (Rebecca Hall) is Vicky, two Americans spending the summer in Barcelona. While there, they are hustled by Juan [...]
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Randomness—and it’s handmaiden nothingness—looms large in Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest film No Country for Old Men. From the opening shots of empty space to the abrupt cut to black at its end, No Country for Old Men relentlessly portrays its consequences and effects. This is most explicit in bizarre games of chance between [...]
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