Hail Caesar: one of my favorite things about that movie is that the Coen boys have the nads to actually mock the so-called “Hollywood Ten” (commie sympathizers like Dalton Trumbo) and that they not only pull it off by making those pretentious jackasses look like total goofs, but apparently they do it without being black-balled by the lefty element in Movieland.
Based on this thread, I watched “Hail Caesar” last night (it is currently available for streaming on Netflix).
Not my favorite Coen movie (that would be The Big Lewbowski, with Inside Llewn Davis a close second), but very amusing. And I agree with you about how it made the Commie writers look. Even worse, was that how the star actor they kidnapped (played by George Clooney) just ate up their garbage. It was very satisfying to see the Studio Boss (Mannix) put him in his place at the end of the film.
Maybe the biggest loser was the actor who defected to the Soviet Union, forsaking his lavish lifestyle, including his Malibu home.