As reported here back in March, Joel and Ethan Coen were planning to make a film based on the book, “True Grit” by Charles Portis. Those that are expecting a rehash of the John Wayne/Glen Campbell movie will be disappointed, for the book was quite a bit different than the movie.  As usual, the cast [...]

The Daily Helping is proud to present our personal favorites for the past ten years.  Now please note that this in no way implies that these are the best artistic efforts for the decade. That’s a bit pretentious.  Instead these are personal favorites that speak to a particular taste.
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The following is a list compiled by DailyHelping that will remind you of the movies you may have seen over the past ten years. Included are foreign and documentary films that were well received here in the United States. As we work our way toward finding our favorite film of the decade…(and maybe 2nd and [...]

The films of Joel and Ethan Coen have been mentioned a number of times at Daily Helping.  Their exquisite collection of work is diverse, complex and visually stunning. It’s always exciting to see what they’ve come up with next, and with the breakout box office success of “No Country For Old Men”, the Brothers Coen [...]

For all of the critical acclaim that American novelist Cormac McCarthy had has earned over the past twenty-five years, it wasn’t until the Coen brothers put his novel, No Country For Old Men on the screen that he became something of a household name.  Considered by some to be our generation’s William Faulkner, he’s widely [...]