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Start Press: Daddy's Love, His Yoke

“Then he just sat there holding the binoculars and watching the ashen daylight congeal over the land. He knew only that the child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke.” (Cormac McCarthy, The Road) *** This past Sunday was Father’s Day, an occasion that has historically compelled me to look outward. It’s a day on which I’ve grown accustomed to considering my own dad, actively muting my lingering nitpicks with his job performance and focusing instead on the ferocity of the man’s affection; his contagious, untidy laughter; his irrepressibility; his resolve...  read more

The 25 Best Movies of 2009

Our favorite movies of 2009 belie a diverse appreciation ranging from a quiet rumination on death to gruesome horror; from a mostly ad-libbed, low-budget character study to the most expensive movie of all time.  read more

The Road

Director: John Hillcoat Writers: Joe Penhall, (novel by Cormac McCarthy) Cinematographer: Javier Aguirresarobe Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron Studio/Run Time: Dimension Films, 113 mins. Faithful adaptation paves way for heartrending performances Within the first 15 minutes of The Road, Viggo Mortensen’s nameless survivor finds himself defending his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) from a pedophilic cannibal, then washing said predator’s splattered brains from the boy’s hair. This combination of unflinching brutality and father-of-the-year tenderness lies at the heart of the latest film inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s apocaliterature, and the result is a victory in every sense....  read more

Win Cormac McCarthy's Typewriter

Cormac McCarthy has a charmingly old-school method for penning his Putlitzer Prize-winning work, considering the ever-more-digital age in which it’s published. It all happens on a rickety, old Olivetti typewriter, one that he bought in the fall of 1958 for $50 at a pawnshop in Knoxville, Tenn. That’s right, No Country For Old Men, The Road, Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing were all clacked out like gunshots on the very same machine....  read more

Catching Up With... John Hillcoat

Despite a long career directing numerous feature films, shorts and music videos, John Hillcoat's debut film in America arrived only just last week. The Road is an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed novel and stars Viggo Mortenson as the father. But McCarthy has had a larger influence on Hillcoat than just this one film. Hillcoat spoke with Paste about his long relationship with Nick Cave, the fortuitous circumstances that brought him to The Road, and the difficulties in adapting a work by one of his favorite authors....  read more

Twilight Author Stephenie Meyer Preps New Movie The Host

The age of Stephenie Meyer continues. The rights for her well-received adult sci-fi book The Host have been bought by film producers for adaptation....  read more

Bookshelf to Screen: Eight New Classics Becoming Movies This Fall (And Beyond)

Last week, we took a look at seven old favorite books getting the film treatment this fall (and beyond—damn you, Alice in Wonderland, March is too long to wait!). A few readers piped up to ask inquire the absence of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men in that roundup, but never fear, it wasn't forgotten. David Foster Wallace's short story collection, like the other seven picks on this week's list, just aren't quite "old favorite" material yet—but check back in ten years or so. By then, we may know better which of these titles will stand the test of time, and...  read more

The Road's Release Date Gets Pushed Back...Again

In the movie business, every time a film's release date is moved back, industry confidence and media support for the project drops at least a little bit....  read more

Trailer Stash: Sherlock Holmes, The Road, more

And now, a look at some notable trailers lighting up blogs and message boards: ...  read more

The Road Set for October Release

The film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's contemporary classic book, The Road, has hit every bump on the road (sorry) possible, from shifting release dates to delayed production schedule. However, it seems that the father-son wartime drama will finally see the light of day. The Road is scheduled for release on Oct. 16....  read more