Small Town Crime Is a Nasty Bit of Noir

The Nelms brothers and John Hawkes team up for trouble

"...a case by destiny." But seeing as how these brothers and longtime collaborators are on the brink of their..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Mountain Men

Estranged brothers exchange truths while stuck in the woods

"...Mountain Men, a family dramedy about estranged brothers who get stuck in the woods and reveal previously..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Will Courtney: Simple Man

Brothers and Sisters' Will Courtney talks California dreaming.

"...real-life sibling Lily, formed the aptly titled country-folk collective Brothers & Sisters as a reflection and extension of their..."

July 5, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

White Chicks

Wayans brothers' comedy depends on latex and whitewash.

"...and Busy Phillipps. White Chicks – the new Wayans brothers comedy featuring siblings Shawn and Marlon as a pair..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Suspendered Animation

The Umbilical Brothers are like cartoon characters come to life, like toons in living breathing 3-D, with pratfalls and spit-takes and near-impossible contortions -- all accompanied by sound effects that an entire army of foley artists might pull off on a lucky day.

"...-- Shane Dundas and David Collins, aka the Umbilical Brothers -- will gleefully provide this experience for you...."

Sept. 21, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Me, Myself & Irene

"...Chris Cooper, Renée Zellweger and Jim Carrey. The Farrelly Brothers -- Providence, Rhode Island's answer to global intellectual depreciation..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Manchester Perps

Interview with Chemical Brother Ed Simons.

"...Mancunian accent of Ed Simons, one-half of the Chemical Brothers, England's cheerful answer to North America's penchant for ramming..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Fargo

The Coen brothers return to their Blood Simple roots with this bizarre, dialect-strewn tale of a kidnapping gone very wrong that's filled with the their trademark graveyard wit and unique camera angles.

"...commercial and (occasionally) critical failure of The Hudsucker Proxy, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen return to their Blood Simple..."

March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crumb

"...a mother, vestigial traces of a deceased father, two brothers, Charles and Max, and two sisters, who declined to..."

June 30, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Talented Mr. Isaac

Scenes from an interview with the star of the Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

"...true. Oscar Isaac, the titular star of the Coen Brothers' new movie, Inside Llewyn Davis, is talented...."

Dec. 20, 2013 Screens Feature by Jeff Winkler

Family Programming

The Overbrook Brothers premieres on IFC on Demand

"...Austin filmmaker John Bryant's first feature, The Overbrook Brothers – about a pair of warring brothers on a..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Rudo y Cursi

Y Tu Mamá También actors Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna reteam for this cautionary tale about soccer-playing brothers.

"...who notices the Rudo y Cursi storyline about two brothers who play for opposing soccer teams and arrives expecting..."

May 15, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pride and Glory

Edward Norton and Colin Farrell top this predictable police procedural about clean and dirty cops who are also brothers in a family of Irish cops.

"...Land or dozens of other police procedurals that pit brothers against one another in a struggle between clean and..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Burn After Reading

The Coen brothers may be masters of black comedy, but there are times when there’s no point in taking them seriously.

"...Burn After Reading, the new film from the Coen brothers, won’t be mistaken for Fargo anytime soon. Or Barton..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Younger Than Yesterday

Brothers and Sisters, tighter than yesterday, looser than today

"...the half-life of homelessness. Halfway down a sweltering hallway, Brothers and Sisters unpacks the past with sonic abandon. Bright..."

July 18, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Northfork

"...see much of the story through their eyes. Twin brothers Mark and Michael Polish co-scipted Northfork, and Michael directs..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

"...house band of session players known as the Funk Brothers -- front and center. Their heretofore anonymous riffs are..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Osmosis Jones

"...good use the ingeniously warped humor of the Farrelly Brothers (There's Something About Mary) -- maybe because not only..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

In this Depression-era Coen brothers film, a trio of chain-gang escapees seek a (possibly mythical) treasure while on the lam from a diabolical sheriff.

"...you leave the theatre loving or hating the Coen brothers' latest is going to depend a lot on your..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Small Faces

"...England of the period's popular mythology. The three MacLean brothers -- Bobby (Duffy), Alan (McFadden) and Lex (Robertson) --..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Big Night

"...Night centers on the plight of two Italian immigrant brothers, Primo and Secondo, who are struggling to keep the..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Oasis: Supersonic

Britpop band looks back in anger

"...are, to a one, culled from the UK press. Brothers Liam (the obnoxious one) and Noel (the somewhat less..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Michael Bay lends his firepower to this war that's not really a war

"...foreign and military policy than it is about the brothers in arms – ex-military hired contractors … mercenaries really..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Zellners' Beautiful Dreamer

The Zellner brothers mine urban legend in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

"...money buried by Steve Buscemi's character in the Coen brothers' entirely fictional 1996 film Fargo. That film also began..."

March 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Band Called Death

A black proto-punk band from Detroit that wouldn't compromise on its name is unearthed in this music doc 35 years after recording their original demo tracks.

"...The three Hackney brothers – Bobby, Dannis, and David – formed the band..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVD Watch

Two from the Dardenne brothers

"...The Belgian Dardenne brothers – Jean-Pierre and Luc – have ascended into the..."

Aug. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sittin' on a Red Hot Stove

A Q&A with Charles Sanders, Jr. of Kool & Together

"...town of Victoria, Kool & Together – led by brothers Tyrone, Joe, and Charles Sanders, Jr. – explored the..."

Oct. 6, 2011 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Cyrus

John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, and Marisa Tomei co-star in this Duplass brothers' comedy about a young man's obsessive attachment to his mother.

"...Matt Walsh. With Cyrus, the transition of the Duplass brothers from their germinal Austin filmmaking roots into full-blown Hollywood..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Serious Man

The Coen brothers deliver one of their best and most personal movies, a kind of cockeyed Jewish fable that urges us to embrace life's mysteries.

"...way of answers. With A Serious Man, the Coen brothers have made one of their best and most personal..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tetro

Francis Ford Coppola embraces smaller-scale filmmaking with this story about the reunion of estranged brothers in Buenos Aires.

"...and The Godfather. Tetro (Gallo) and Bennie (Ehrenreich) are brothers by different mothers, both having been sired by the..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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