The movie Fargo is one of the most perfect pieces of filmmaking ever made. It's one of those movies that just feels so lyrical and real. You're steeped in this place on earth and trying to understand all the intricacies while also peeling back the layers and rooting for different aspects of the story. But there's one part of the movie that everyone talks about afterward -- Mike Yanagita. Why is he in the movie? And what's the point of his scenes? The older I get, the more certain I am that I ...| No Film School
It’s the second collaboration between Ethan Coen and his wife Tricia Cooke and reportedly the second in their “B-movie lesbian trilogy” (the planned third film is tentatively titled Go Beavers). It…| nathanzoebl
While funny at times, this gay crime noir is held back by an unfocused script focused more on shock rather than coherency.| The Martini Shot
In the mid-1990s I conducted interviews for a small entertainment newspaper. The editor was a friend who knew my tastes, so he gave me assignments I’d enjoy. I interviewed a pre-Titanic Leonardo DiCaprio, a rapper-turning-actor named “Marky Mark” Wahlberg, the art-house rocker Jim Carroll, and other artists who whose work was at the time considered edgy or who hadn’t yet made it to the top.| LEVY INNOVATION