A Universal Picture: The Gods of 'Hail, Caesar!'

Jake Wilson analyses the religious symbolism at the heart of Joel and Ethan Coen's classic Hollywood–set comedy.

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Film as Text, Coen brothers, Christianity, communism, Stalinism, Cold War, Bible, Old Testament, allegory, Jonah, Herbert Marcuse, epic, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Josh Brolin, Channing Tatum