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Inside Our Movies | Burn After Reading

interactive Genesis of a Poster

Andrew Percival, creative director of Mojo, tells us how the poster for Burn After Reading came into being.

People In Film Carter Burwell

Scott Macaulay learns how Carter Burwell gets into the character of the films he scores.

Inside Our Movies Laughter is the Worst Medicine

While a gut-busting guffaw is the perfect compliment to a comedy, Mikita Brottman considers whether laughing is really all its cracked up to be.

People In Film Brad Pitt

As the most photographed man in the world, Brad Pitt is a movie star that hard to pin down. Nisha Gopalan charts the many faces of Brad Pitt.

Story

#1 at the domestic boxoffice in its opening weekend, a comedy thriller from Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. At the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, analyst Osborne Cox (John Malkovich) arrives for a top-secret meeting. Unfortunately for Cox, the secret is soon out; he is being ousted.