Articles tagged "the road"

Featured: Front Page Feature

Hitting ‘The Road’ with Director John Hillcoat

by Matt Mazur

[23.Nov.09] :. 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.

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Mixed Media

The Road dir. John Hillcoat (trailer)

by Eleanore Catolico

[23.Sep.09] :. An adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Road will be released on October 16th in theaters. The film stars Viggo Mortenson, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron,...

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Column: Field Studies

Blood Meridian: The Last of the True

by Andrew Gilstrap

[8.Jun.09] :. 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.

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008

by Bill Gibron

[11.Sep.08] :. Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.

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Books Review

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

by Chris Barsanti

[18.Sep.06] :. 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.

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