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Christopher Nolan to adapt Homer’s ancient Greek epic, ‘The Odyssey’ as next project

Christopher Nolan’s next cinematic venture is of epic proportions. Universal Studios confirmed Monday that Nolan will direct an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey, the ancient Greek epic chronicling Odysseus’ arduous journey home following the Trojan War. Homer’s epic has previously inspired countless adaptations, from the 1954 classic Ulysses to the Coen Brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? Nolan earned his …

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2 days, 21 hours ago

Coen Carr has 17 points, 8 rebounds to lead No. 20 Michigan State past Florida Atlantic 86-69

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 20 Michigan State to an 86-69 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday. Michigan State got off to a rough start and the Owls took advantage, leading for four-plus minutes before Carr made a pair of crowd-pleasing dunks. Takeaways Florida Atlantic: First-year coach John Jakus, hired …

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National Film Registry adds Dirty Dancing, No Country for Old Men, The Social Network and more

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The National Film Registry has added 25 new films to its …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Carr scores 12, Kohler has double-double and Michigan State beats Minnesota 90-72 in Big Ten opener

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! MINNEAPOLIS — Coen Carr scored 12 points, Jaxon Kohler had a double-double and Michigan State led most of the way in a 90-72 victory over Minnesota on Wednesday night in a Big Ten Conference opener. Xavier Booker made three 3s and finished with 11 points …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Alfonso Cuaron says he almost directed a James Bond film

Hindustan Times

Los Angeles, Oscar winner Alfonso Cuaron says he was once offered to direct a James Bond film, but he decided to turn it down as he was "troubled about the idea of doing it". Alfonso Cuaron says he almost directed a James Bond film While Cuaron didn't reveal which Bond film he was supposed to direct, he said he eventually …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Akins has 13 points, 12 rebounds 6 assists; Michigan St. uses 17-0 run to beat Bowling Green 86-72

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! LANSING, Mich. — Jaden Akins had 13 points, 12 rebounds and six assists to lead seven Michigan State players scoring in double figures Saturday night and the Spartans scored the final 17 points to beat Bowling Green 86-72. Frankie Fiddler, who went 1 of 6 …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

"What use was the rule?": Vance quotes fictional serial killer to explain Trump's victory

Salon

JD Vance invoked a fictional serial killer’s words to explain why Donald Trump’s critics shouldn’t be surprised he won the presidency. Vance shared in a post to X that the best people he knows “constantly reevaluate assumptions,” adding that liberals and detractors shocked by Trump’s win “should question what else 'know' about him.” The comments were some of Vance's first …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chris Evans is squandering his movie stardom with films like Red One

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. By this point we’re used to Johnson being a harbinger of …

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6 months ago

How ‘The Fargo Effect’ puts actors you’d never expect to see in its villain roles

LA Times

When Jon Hamm swapped Don Draper’s sleek suits for a 10-gallon hat to play a wife-beating cowboy in Season 5 of “Fargo,” he became the latest actor to enjoy a hard pivot thanks to the show’s perception-shattering casting practices. “Fargo” executive producer Warren Littlefield explains writer-director Noah Hawley’s nonformulaic formula that keeps fans on their toes. “When they collide, that’s …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Drive-Away Dolls review: A sweet, absurd lesbian odyssey from writer Tricia Cooke and half of the Coen brothers

The Independent

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Google Maps Misdirect German Tourists And They Ended Up Spending A Week In Jungle

News 18

One can often get misdirected by Google Maps, but two German tourists following Google Maps had to pay a heavy price after they got stranded in the middle of the Australian wilderness. Philipp Maier and Marcel Schoene were travelling from Cairns to Bamaga in Queensland when Google Maps directed them to follow a remote dirt track. Rangers told media that …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Canadian Director Xavier Dolan To Head Cannes' Un Certain Regard Jury

News 18

Canadian director Xavier Nolan will preside over the Un Certain Regard Jury at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. He was part of the main Competition jury, chaired by the Coen Brothers at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. “I am humbled and delighted to return to Cannes as President of the Un Certain Regard Jury, declared Dolan in a Press statement. …

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10 months ago

Review: Made by a solo Coen brother, ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ is trashy fun and exceedingly disposable

LA Times

It’s fascinating that Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, longtime filmmaking collaborators and spouses, and the creative team behind the exploitation flick “Drive-Away Dolls,” have repeatedly — and lovingly — described their new film as “trashy” in interviews. The film itself is a “queering” of the ’90s crime caper, the kind of sardonic, ironic, muscular and oh-so-masculine film that the Coen …

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10 months ago

Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke give sexploitation cinema a queer spin in ‘Drive-Away Dolls’

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Scripts of all kinds sit in the drawers of Ethan Coen’s home, some to be returned to, some forever abandoned. This image released by Focus Features shows writer/producer Tricia Cooke, left, director/writer/producer Ethan Coen, kneeling, actor Margaret Qualley, second right and actor Geraldine Viswanathan, right, on the set of “Drive-Away Dolls.” “We really enjoyed making that movie,” …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Q&A: Vince Staples redirects offbeat impulses from familiar territory of rap to new Netflix series

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Although Vince Staples has been in the limelight for more than a decade, he still thinks fame is a weird thing. That’s what propelled the 30-year-old to make his first foray into filmmaking with “The Vince Staples Show,” a kind of autobiographical, genre-bending, dark comedy series, hitting Netflix on Thursday. And I’ve always liked the idea of …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Buccaneers targeting Kentucky’s Liam Coen as next OC: Source

New York Times

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are targeting Kentucky offensive coordinator Liam Coen to fill the same role with the franchise, a source involved with the discussions confirmed Friday. Coen last coached in the NFL in 2022 when he served as the Los Angeles Rams’ offensive coordinator. Following his lone season as the Rams OC, Coen returned to Kentucky, the program he’d …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Boat Story review: BBC’s pitch-black comedy falls short of its Coen Brothers ambitions

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

Luca Guadagnino interview: I’m still pinching myself that audiences come to see my movies

The Hindu

Luca Guadagnino knows pleasure. “For me, when approaching any book adaptation or remake, it’s about understanding what the story carries within itself that goes beyond the form of the original work,” explains the director. But it’s different.” Guadagnino was feted with the Excellence In Cinema Award at MAMI along with Indian director Mani Ratnam. I ask if Indian films ever …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Slovakian teenage girls’ hockey phenom Nela Lopusanova arrives in North America

Associated Press

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Everything is new and foreign — the food, language, geography and many of her teammates — for Nela Lopusanova after packing her hockey gear and leaving behind her family to make the 15-hour, 4,300-mile trek from Zilina, Slovakia, to upstate New York. Wearing a Blackhawks T-shirt, the 15-year-old’s eyes lit up and she said, “That’s cool,” when …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Liam Coen hoping to lift Kentucky’s offense to new heights, while keeping eye on future

New York Times

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Offensive coordinator Liam Coen hasn’t been back at the University of Kentucky for long, but his impact on campus has already been significant. Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops felt it would be a long shot to reunite with Coen after he’d returned to the Los Angeles Rams in 2022 as their offensive coordinator. That’s really where it …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Fargo season 5 first look: Juno Temple, Jon Hamm lead new cast; release date out

Hindustan Times

The fifth season of Fargo is here. Juno Temple and Jon Hamm in Fargo Season 5. About Season 5 Set in 2019 in Minnesota and North Dakota, Season 5 chronicles a Midwestern housewife named Dorothy ‘Dot’ Lyon, who gets embroiled with the authorities and has to confront her mysterious past. Meanwhile, Minnesota Police Deputy Indira Olmstead and North Dakota Deputy …

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1 year, 6 months ago

TRIBUTE | Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023): Revered novelist who explored the dark side of America

The Hindu

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s novels, which included The Road and No Country for Old Men, dramatised how the past overwhelmed the present. “Millions of readers around the world embraced his characters, his mythic themes, and the intimate emotional truths he laid bare on every page, in brilliant novels that will remain both timely and timeless, for generations to come.” Shooting …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Cormac McCarthy dead: Writer of 'No Country for Old Men' dies

LA Times

Cormac McCarthy, the acclaimed fiction writer whose books were regarded as American masterpieces by critics and legions of fans but who refused to offer insight into what had inspired them or what they might mean, has died. “I’m sorry, son, but you’re asking me to do something I just can’t possibly do.” McCarthy did agree to talk with Oprah Winfrey …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Poker Face review: Natasha Lyonne is a bundle of unhinged charisma in pulpy reverse-whodunit

The Independent

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Christopher Nolan to adapt Homer’s ancient Greek epic, ‘The Odyssey’ as next project

Coen Carr has 17 points, 8 rebounds to lead No. 20 Michigan State past Florida Atlantic 86-69

National Film Registry adds Dirty Dancing, No Country for Old Men, The Social Network and more

Carr scores 12, Kohler has double-double and Michigan State beats Minnesota 90-72 in Big Ten opener

Alfonso Cuaron says he almost directed a James Bond film

Akins has 13 points, 12 rebounds 6 assists; Michigan St. uses 17-0 run to beat Bowling Green 86-72

"What use was the rule?": Vance quotes fictional serial killer to explain Trump's victory

Chris Evans is squandering his movie stardom with films like Red One

How ‘The Fargo Effect’ puts actors you’d never expect to see in its villain roles

Drive-Away Dolls review: A sweet, absurd lesbian odyssey from writer Tricia Cooke and half of the Coen brothers

Google Maps Misdirect German Tourists And They Ended Up Spending A Week In Jungle

Canadian Director Xavier Dolan To Head Cannes' Un Certain Regard Jury

Review: Made by a solo Coen brother, ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ is trashy fun and exceedingly disposable

Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke give sexploitation cinema a queer spin in ‘Drive-Away Dolls’

Q&A: Vince Staples redirects offbeat impulses from familiar territory of rap to new Netflix series

Buccaneers targeting Kentucky’s Liam Coen as next OC: Source

Boat Story review: BBC’s pitch-black comedy falls short of its Coen Brothers ambitions

Luca Guadagnino interview: I’m still pinching myself that audiences come to see my movies

Slovakian teenage girls’ hockey phenom Nela Lopusanova arrives in North America

Liam Coen hoping to lift Kentucky’s offense to new heights, while keeping eye on future

Fargo season 5 first look: Juno Temple, Jon Hamm lead new cast; release date out

TRIBUTE | Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023): Revered novelist who explored the dark side of America

Cormac McCarthy dead: Writer of 'No Country for Old Men' dies

Poker Face review: Natasha Lyonne is a bundle of unhinged charisma in pulpy reverse-whodunit