The Brothers Bloom (movie)

The Brothers Bloom is a dark "big con" comedy in The Grifters tradition. Writer-director Rian Johnson has a genre Jones, a literary bent and an ear for chewy dialogue. Brick, a film noir about a tough kid trying to solve a murder in his high school, was...

The 44th Chicago International Film Festival runs from Thursday, Oct. 16 through Wednesday, Oct. 29. Opening night will be include a showing of The Brothers Bloom at the Harris Theater. Tickets - Phone: Call (312) 332-FILM no later than 48 hours in...

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"The Brothers Bloom" are relocating. Summit's con-man picture is being moved from its Dec. 19 limited-release drop date to May 15, according to The Hollywood Reporter. While mid-May is packed with big-budget movies, a spokesman says that should allow the...

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Oscar winner Adrien Brody and freshly crowned nominee Rinko Kikuchi are set to join fellow Oscar laureate Rachel Weisz in the conman drama "The Brothers Bloom." The Endgame Entertainment production represents writer-director Rian Johnson's follow-up to...

Who's fooling whom? Rachel Weisz will take on two brothers who make it their business to lie for a living. The Oscar-winning actress has signed on to star in the con man adventure "The Brothers Bloom" for writer-director Rian Johnson. According to The...

The jaunty, energetic first 10 minutes of "The Brothers Bloom" are easily the best first 10 minutes of any film I've seen recently. And while the succeeding hour and 43 minutes doesn't hold up to the movie's opening scenes, the whole endeavor is still...