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Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

The Coen Brothers, even with their occasional misfires, are a magic moviemaking duo. But in Ethan Coen’s solo directorial debut, adapting a screenplay by his wife Tricia Cooke, he...

Linda
The Coen Brothers: The Iconic Filmmakers and Their Work (2017)

The Coen Brothers: The Iconic Filmmakers and Their Work (2017)

Few things make a book feel fancier than a hard slipcase, so it’s always a treat diving into Ian Nathan’s elegant and thorough tomes on film. Like Terminator Vault...

Jennifer
Hail, Caesar! (2016)

Hail, Caesar! (2016)

In the day-in-the-life film, Josh Brolin stars as a fictionalized version of real-life Hollywood studio exec Eddie Mannix, who – to protect Capitol Pictures and the reputations of its...

Vickie
O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Everett (George Clooney), Pete (John Turturro), and Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) are cons on the run from the law, after they make their great escape from the chain gang...

Linda
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Inside Llewyn Davis is undeniably a gorgeous looking film, capturing a moment in the 1961 when the folk movement was finding its groove. Joel and Ethan Coen, along with...

Linda
True Grit (2010)

True Grit (2010)

Mush-mouthed and cantankerous, Rooster Cogburn has little time for fools, but recognizes a tough character when he sees one. When 14-year-old headstrong Mattie Ross (newcomer Hailee Steinfeld) approaches him...

Linda
A Serious Man

A Serious Man

First of all, what the eff with the first 10 minutes or so of the movie? I almost popped out the DVD to check the label on the movie...

Linda
I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You (2007)

I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You (2007)

My enduring memory of The Big Lebowski is this: upon its video release, the owner of the video store where I worked said something along the lines of, “That...

Jennifer
No Country for Old Men (2007)

No Country for Old Men (2007)

The Coen Brothers take a novel approach to No Country for Old Men. And I mean that literally—this film is the most novel-like movie I’ve seen in ages, and,...

Linda