‘No Country for Old Men’: The Coen Brothers and Cormac McCarthy’s Ruthless Examination of Life
That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees —Those dying generations—at their song, The salmon-falls,…
Roger Deakins
‘Fargo’: The Unforgettable Dark Comedy that Set the Coen Brothers Up as a Recognizable Voice in American Cinema
Even though the Coen brothers made a name out of themselves in the indie circles with a series of praised movies such as Blood Simple,…
‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’: Andrew Dominik’s Visually Stupefying Exploration of One of America’s Oldest Myths
When The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford came out in 2007, a lot of people believed a new golden age of…
‘Homicide’: David Mamet’s Soul-Searching Thriller as a Modern-Day Classic
In the course of the last forty years, the Chicago-born Pulitzer-winning American playwright, screenwriter and director David Mamet steadily built his name with the reputation…
‘Barton Fink’: The Coen Brothers’ Meta Way of Dealing With Writer’s Block
The utterly dominant performance of the Coen brothers’ genre-bending Barton Fink at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival forced the executives of this revered yearly manifestation…
‘The Man Who Wasn’t There’: A Lovely, Artistic Exhibition of the Coens’ Filmmaking Prowess
The Coen brothers’ subtle, restrained and impactful 2001 film noir The Man Who Wasn’t There is an exhibition of stylistic supremacy that marked the work…
“In a perfect world all films would be made by the Coens”
It’s no secret that we are devoted fans of the Coen Brothers, and it’s really not that hard to understand why. A Coens film usually…
“If you have a dream, get up off your ass and start putting one foot in front of the other”
Frank Darabont talks about his childhood as a refugee and immigrant; his youthful attraction to horror and fantasy; and the events and influences that lead…