I remember watching just about every nominated film during the December of ‘09 and just loving the quality of films that I was seeing. A SERIOUS MAN is a theological shaggy dog story that could only spring from the miraculous minds of Joel and Ethan Coen. … Accolades. The Coens have found mostly unfamiliar actors, or those like Stuhlbarg, Kind and Melamed you've seen before, but you're not quite sure where. A Serious Man is not only hauntingly original, it’s the final piece of the puzzle that is the Coens. A Serious Man received a BAFTA nomination for Original Screenplay! Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed. A Serious Man. Out-Numbered Interprets the Oscar Nominations through dance. Have I mentioned "A Serious Man" is so rich and funny? Out-Numbered Interprets the Oscar Nominations through dance. Michael S. Stuhlbarg is an American theatre, film, and television actor. Pour voir les nominations . A Serious Man. With every aspect of his life unraveling, a Jewish physics professor seeks out three rabbis for spiritual guidance. Those can be funny, too. Summary: A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. Number of Wins: None. This isn't a laugh-laugh movie, but a wince-wince movie. I cannot improve on that. The film marks the 25th anniversary of moviemaking for these American masters, and from its audacious Yiddish-language prologue to its apocalyptic conclusion, A SERIOUS MAN grapples with themes of temptation and divine retribution in a world only the Coen brothers could create. For all their talk about the grand tradition of the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has never been shy about shaking things up. Released in 2009 and written & directed by the Coen brothers, "A Serious Man" is a black comedy/drama/satire about a passive Minneapolis physics professor (Michael Stuhlbarg) in 1967 who faces a series of tragedies and desperately seeks the answers 'Why?' "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "A Serious Man," "The Kids are All Right" (left), and "Winter's Bone" (right) were nominated for 14 Oscars between them. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking. 2009 R 1h 45m Critically Acclaimed Films. A Serious Man 2009 R 1h 45m Independent Movies With every aspect of his life unraveling, a Jewish physics professor seeks out three rabbis for spiritual guidance. Check all the awards won and nominated for by Ethan Coen - National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director (2013) , Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Feature Film (2013) , Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award (2010) and more awards. The Contender: A Serious Man (2009). Ethan Coen is a film director, film producer, film editor, screenwriter, and cinematographer. Watch all you want for free. More Details. With Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed. Les nominations de la 82e cérémonie des Oscars du cinéma américain viennent d’être dévoilées. Though the nomination list featured typical Oscar bait such as The Blind Side, there were also agreat acting pieces such as Up In the Air and work from today’s best directors like the Coen Brothers’ A Serious Man. Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. He is best known for portraying organized crime boss Arnold Rothstein in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, as well as troubled 1960s university professor Larry Gopnik in the Coen brothers' 2009 dark comedy A Serious Man. Voici les nominations pour la prochaine édition des Oscars qui aura lieu le 7 mars prochain. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by … "This is the kind of picture you get to make after you've won an Oscar," writes Todd McCarthy in Variety. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. Summary: A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. Number of Nominations: 2 - Picture, Original Screenplay (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen). This Coen brothers comedy received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. The first stop on this tour through the Coen Brothers dark fairy tale universe is 2009's A Serious Man. Avatar et Démineurs prennent la tête de la course avec neuf nominations chacun ; Inglourious Basterds suit avec huit nominations