"The Mother of Tears" revels in old-school sick violence, but watching the exuberant gorefest through your fingers is better than searching futilely for George Clooney's earlobe.

The Aussie director talks about Viggo Mortensen, Coke, cannibalism and adapting Cormac McCarthy's bleak parable

The star of "127 Hours" and "This Is the End" reviews the greatest movie the iconic director never made

The author of "Bad Behavior" picks five tales of guys at the end of their ropes.

The lord of horses and cowboys follows a modern-day Texas manhunt -- and a botched drug deal -- in this hard-boiled cinematic thriller.

Vince Passaro on Cormac McCarthy's 'Cities of the Plain,' conclusion to the trilogy of novels that began with National Book Award winner, 'All the Pretty Horses'

This state's beauty and brutality are reflected in its literature, from the chronicle of explorer Cabeza de Vaca to Cormac McCarthy's masterly westerns to a history of the atomic bomb.

In a movie season crowded with westerns, "True Grit" -- the great, unsung novel of the American frontier -- celebrates its 40th anniversary.

Director John Hillcoat and his star, Viggo Mortensen, improve on the mannered machismo of Cormac McCarthy's novel

The "survivalist" may be punking us in a new interview, but he's right about one thing -- you're a bunch of wussies

The National Book Awards name five worthy finalists but ignore "Gone Girl" and 2012's top crime, sci-fi and fantasy

Thomas Pynchon is still alive—but he might fake-die a few more times in his lifetime

By Eric Raymond

McCarthy said he'd bet his house the GOP wins next year. But where does he live — and who's paying for it?