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This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we laugh and cry about the state of independent filmmaking while eating leftover Halloween candy.

With just a week to go, Miramax is (gasp) actually marketing a new Mike Judge movie. It’s like it’s a real movie! Hitting theaters near you and everything!

Despite the obvious negativity conveyed in perhaps the worst headline of all time (see above), I actually don’t feel one way or the other about Miramax busting out an English-language version of Tell No One. As long as there are French subtitles.

There was a time when Harvey and Bob Weinstein were the heroes of American cinema. Now, we are seeing that these guys are just big douchebags, like so many other people in the business.

From the novel by Cormac McCarthy, the Coens have concocted a lurid and unremitting thriller that will undoubtedly leave the viewer with both chills and some food for thought long after it’s over.

The spectacular failure that such a promising movie became leads me to wonder if cinema itself is dying.

From frame one, the directors make it clear that whatever’s about to happen, it’s not going to end well.

Few movies come along each decade like “No Country for Old Men”—it’s an old-fashioned, multi-tonal thriller with rich characters, fascinating story-telling and a unique perspective on a genre that’s seen it all.