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2010’s Top 10: Repeat Offenders in the Coen Bros. and Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin’s part probably took less than a week to shoot and compared to some rather strong, larger than life characters, this one is pint-sized, but all Coen Bros. films, characters stick out for all intended purposes, regardless of size and scope. Following his debut performance for them in 2007’s No Country for Old Men and the subtitles-friendly movie patron role in segment “World cinema” in the Cannes commissioned Chacun son Cinema, True Grit asked Brolin to don the cowboy hat once more for the villain role of Tom Chaney. His introductory scene is just as yummy as the moment where he exits the film.

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 4, 2011

7. Coen Bros. and Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin’s part probably took less than a week to shoot and compared to some rather strong, larger than life characters, this one is pint-sized, but all Coen Bros. films, characters stick out for all intended purposes, regardless of size and scope. Following his debut performance for them in 2007’s No Country for Old Men and the subtitles-friendly movie patron role in segment “World cinema” in the Cannes commissioned Chacun son Cinema, True Grit asked Brolin to don the cowboy hat once more for the villain role of Tom Chaney. His introductory scene is just as yummy as the moment where he exits the film.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).