Joel and Ethan Coen’s western anthology movie The Ballad of Buster Scruggs showcases the filmmaker siblings’ love for an all but dead and dusted genre while simultaneously functioning as a casual tour throughout their entire careers.
Tom Waits
This week on DVD and Blu-ray: Daniel Day-Lewis stars in the musical drama, Nine; things get a little strange in Terry Gilliam‘s Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus; and Steven Spielberg‘s moving war epic Saving Private Ryan arrives on Blu-ray.
Given the huge number of actors who have tested the musical waters over the decades, it seems inevitable that each year will bring a new, surprising album from some corner of the world. This year’s oddity, and perhaps critical hit, appears to be from Lost in Translation actress Scarlett Johansson and her surprising cover album of Tom Waits classics.