Friday, January 14 2011
Rescripting the Western in ‘No Country for Old Men’
How the Coen Brothers' ostensibly faithful award winning adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men diverges from its creator's rather questionable politics.
Monday, November 23 2009
Hitting ‘The Road’ with Director John Hillcoat
Director John Hillcoat talks to PopMatters about the hazards of being intimidated by legends, the funny side of cannibalism and Viggo Mortensen's sweet tooth as his adaptation of the seminal apocalyptic novel The Road hits theaters.
Monday, June 8 2009
Blood Meridian: The Last of the True
Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian has been called unfilmable, but that doesn't stop Ben Nichols from getting ahead of the game and crafting a worthy soundtrack.
Friday, May 29 2009
Nobody Move by Denis Johnson
About to get his knees broken, Jimmy grabs Gambol’s gun and shoots him in the leg when, of course, he should have shot him in the head.
Friday, January 11 2008
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Though the novel and film versions of McCarthy's story share the same long, desolate stretch of road, they provide differing ways of encountering and interpreting the signs along the way.
Wednesday, March 28 2007
The Road by Cormac McCarthy / Oprah’s Book Club selection
Oprah loves the father-son journey of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel and has made it the newest pick in the influential Oprah's Book Club.
Monday, September 18 2006
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
McCarthy takes a style that's always had a tilt towards the gothic and gives it free reign as he follows a father and son diligently struggling across a blasted and dead countryside that seems to have once been America.
