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Coen Brothers
April 7, 2023
Magazine
Scott Bradfield
The Curse of
True Grit
How Charles Portis’s greatest success overshadowed the rest of his work
December 5, 2018
Alex Shephard
Netflix Won’t Save Prestige Cinema
The streaming service desperately wants to win a Best Picture Oscar. But its foray into costly, artistic films is about more than just respect.
November 15, 2018
Jo Livingstone
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Is the Coen Brothers’ Odd Paean to the Western
An anthology in six parts, the latest from the Coens features a singing horse, sweeping vistas, and a lot of death.
March 9, 2018
Jeet Heer
Why Film Critics Were Blind to
The Big Lebowski
’s Brilliance
They're biased toward naturalism in movies, rather than bizarro versions of the real world.
July 15, 2017
Jeet Heer
We Are Living in the Coen Brothers’ Darkest Comedy
2008's "Burn After Reading" strikingly resembles the bumbling plot of Trump's Russia scandal, but also captures how amorality leads to treason.
September 2, 2016
Jeet Heer
You never wanted to give the high hat to the late Jon Polito.
February 11, 2016
Podcast
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 3:
Hail, Caesar!
and
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
February 4, 2016
Will Leitch
Hail, Caesar!:
Song and Dance, What More Do You Want?
The Coen brothers have made their most entertaining movie in years—and also their most impenetrable.
January 12, 2016
Elaine Teng
Take line-reading classes from Ralph Fiennes.
June 17, 2014
Sam Adams
The Distinct Charm of TV's Coen Brothers Remix
FX's 'Fargo' is less a tribute to the film than the entire oevre of the directors'
April 16, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
'Fargo''s First Episode is Like a Coen Brothers 'Greatest Hits'
January 25, 2014
Kate Mossman
John Goodman on the Origins of His 'Llewyn Davis' Character
December 20, 2013
Marc Tracy
The Story Behind the Central Song in 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
December 6, 2013
David Thomson
The Coen Brothers' New Movie Might Be Their Most Boring
'Inside Llewyn Davis' is a moody misstep
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