Author: Joe Willams Archives: 10/2023

The stars aligned to give us one of cinema’s greatest characters.

“He was by no means hostile – it was just challenging.”

“I’m an absolute workaholic. And that isn’t great for life, generally.”

An indelible German masterpiece that is 209 minutes long.

“Our budget was always strained – low budget.”

A potentially game-changing theory for one of the Coen brother’s greatest movies.

An early trailblazer of a magical movie medium.

“After the movie, there wasn’t a single positive article about our work or me.”

“If Phoenix Nights rose again, it’d have to be for something very special, maybe a film?”

The director sheds new light on his magnum opus.

An uncontrollable addiction ruined his first attempt at directing.

From supernatural horror to paranoid thriller.