The list of required reading for cinephiles grows longer: Slate looks at Alfred Hitchcock, the “Man Who Did It All”; the New York Observer sits down with Paul Schrader, while Vanity Fair asks Francis Ford Coppola about the keys to self-financing and self-preservation; The New Yorker dissects the rivalry between Orson and Olivier; and at
Stop Smiling, Jonathan Rosenbaum examines the “sweet and sour” sides of Billy Wilder and Ernst Lubitsch. Also noted: The National Review Board named the Coen Brothers‘ No Country for Old Men as the year’s best picture.