What is it about Westerns that tempts so many musicians into ten-gallon hats?
The Coen brothers’ Hail, Caesar! romps through several genres, and only occasionally wallows in self-indulgence.
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The Coen brothers may have returned to form with the genre-spinning Hail, Caesar! It still remains to be seen if they’ll ever reach the heights of their glory days again.
A girl lights a candle during a candlelight vigil. How does tragedy square with the idea of a loving, omnipotent god?
Rupak De Chowdhuri
On All Saints Day in 1755 the earth quaked beneath the city of Lisbon. Crowds rushed to open spaces near the sea only to be engulfed by a tsunami. The philosopher Voltaire lamented the tragedy in his Poem…