great films

Coen Brothers Back With Inside Llewyn Davis: Guitars, Cats and F. Murray Abraham

In last month’s New York Times story on the Coen brothers’ first film since True Grit, Joel Coen said that Inside Llewyn Davis–their movie about a folk singer in the ’60s (Oscar Isaaac, Drive)–shares something with the Broadway-cum-cinematic hit Les Misérables. Sure, there will be singing (No “I Dreamed a Dream,” though, fortunately), a love triangle and even a cretinous villain, but what does New York’s burgeoning folk-rock scene have in common with the French Student Rebellion? Read More

CBS Films to Make Bourne-Like Series From Flynn Novels

A new sleuthing thriller is Bourne! At least, CBS Films CEO Amy Baer and Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidyn are hoping they can mimic the success of the film adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s Bourne Identity series by arranging a deal with another thriller series by Vince Flynn. CBS Films has acquired the rights to Read More