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Now that the November winds are blowing and the nights are getting longer, it's time to fly away.

Director: Grant Heslov Screenwriters: Peter Straughn Starring: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey Running Time: 93 mins Certificate: 15 If looks could kill then The Men Who Stare at Goats would be a searing war drama instead of an outrageously funny screwball comedy which just happens to be set against the war in Iraq.

George Clooney meet Dusan Makavejev: Hollywood clown to Yugoslavian art-movie satirist.

George Clooney is in talks to play the lead role in the first feature film Alexander Payne has directed in five years , the follow-up to 2004's Sideways .

One thing you have to admire about George Clooney is his sense of loyalty - even if it isn't always to his fans.

A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagine." This wry comment serves as a nod and a wink from the filmmakers, a license to do what they will to Jon Ronson's amusing nonfiction ...

US directors Ethan Coen, right, and Joel Coen, pose during a photo-call to present their movie "A Serious Man" at the 4th edition of the Rome Film Festival, in Rome, Thursday Oct.

George Clooney is taking the UK by storm with three films showing at the London Film Festival.

It's odd enough seeing the characters that George Clooney and Jeff Bridges play in the oddly titled, Iraq-set satirical film "The Men Who Stare at Goats." Clooney is Len Cassady, a "businessman" with a cloudy past that involves working for the U.S. government as a member of paranormal army of warriors who can become invisible.

As an exercise in futility , let's imagine what might have happened had A Serious Man been made by gentiles, or, Hashem forbid, by Arabs.

MUCH has been written about George Clooney's natural charm, and there's no denying he's got it.

Louisiana is the cradle of jazz, zydeco, Cajun, swamp pop and many other musical styles.

My father-in-law is right about Coen Brothers movies: Each features some interesting comedic nugget or stylistic detail to gnaw on.

It's not all Fargo Oscars and No Country for Old Men box-office glory for the filmmaking Coen Brothers .

The river of American music twists and turns in new directions every day, but that river has another current that's deeper and never changes.

And they have. “A Serious Man” is prime Coen Brothers. It may not gain the universal acclaim of “Fargo,” and probably won't attract the cult followings of “The Big Lebowski” or “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” but “A Serious Man” is their most interesting film.

Sunday night I went home and took a spin through Job. Earlier in the evening, I had attended a screening of the remarkable new Coen brothers film, " A Serious Man ,'' hosted at Brandeis by the National Center for Jewish Film .

Writer/directors Ethan, left, and Joel Coen on the set of their new film "A Serious Man." In the beginning was the Dude.

That's right, folks, awards season is here once again, and this weekend's release of "A Serious Man" indicates that it's time to put away remakes, roman numerals and TV adaptations and instead expect movies that are - gasp! - smart.

The last in this year's season of free films at The Scoop in More London, O Brother, Where Art Thou? , will be screened tonight at 7pm tonight.