A Serious Man

The Coen brothers deliver one of their best and most personal movies, a kind of cockeyed Jewish fable that urges us to embrace life's mysteries.

"...Directed by: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Fred Melamed, Richard..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Burn After Reading

The Coen brothers may be masters of black comedy, but there are times when there’s no point in taking them seriously.

"...Directed by: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

In this Depression-era Coen brothers film, a trio of chain-gang escapees seek a (possibly mythical) treasure while on the lam from a diabolical sheriff.

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fargo

The Coen brothers return to their Blood Simple roots with this bizarre, dialect-strewn tale of a kidnapping gone very wrong that's filled with the their trademark graveyard wit and unique camera angles.

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter..."

March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Big Lebowski

A case of mistaken identity embroils the supremely go-with-the-flow character of the Dude (Bridges) in an intersecting mix of kidnapping, pornography, German nihilists, sultry women, gumshoes, missing money, and missing toes.

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: Jeff Bridges, Sam Elliott, John Goodman, Ben Gazzara,..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

No Country for Old Men

The Coen brothers display magnificent form with this Cormac McCarthy tale about intransigent evil in the modern West.

"...Directed by: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem,..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Barton Fink

This Coen brothers' comedy has a wicked sense of retribution.

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner,..."

Oct. 4, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Man Who Wasn't There

The story is rife with the Coens' ripe ambivalence, a black seriocomic opera of fouled-up American dreams, and a meditation on ambivalence that is itself often as ambiguous as the emotional meanderings of its protagonist, a small-town barber. The film's black-and-white image processing is stunning.

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, Jon..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Inside Llewyn Davis

The latest from the Coen Brothers nails the Sixties folk-music scene, and delivers another of their memorably flawed heroes.

"...Directed by: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Ladykillers

The Coen brothers remake a British comedy classic starring Tom Hanks in a flamboyantly love-him-or-hate-him performance.

"...Directed by: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall,..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blood Simple

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet..."

July 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hudsucker Proxy

This Coen brothers film is a goofy ode to genres and eras gone by. Although it's a little less “weird” than much of their work, it still retains a mannered and quirky air with performances that walk a line between realism and understated surreality.

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman, Charles..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Talented Mr. Isaac

Scenes from an interview with the star of the Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

"...it's true. Oscar Isaac, the titular star of the Coen Brothers' new movie, Inside Llewyn Davis, is talented...."

Dec. 20, 2013 Screens Feature by Jeff Winkler

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Austin's Zellner brothers make a wry heartbreaker

"...memorable images. The original film by the Austin-based Zellner brothers (co-screenwriters, with David directing and Nathan producing) is rare..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Leaves of Grass

Edward Norton plays dual roles as twin brothers from Oklahoma in this off-kilter mash-up of comedy and drama that co-stars Susan Sarandon and Richard Dreyfuss.

"...crossbow, no less) back in Little Dixie, Okla. The brothers – and their mother (Sarandon, whip-smart as always) –..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Game Night

Monopoly was never this brutal before this crime-com.

"...feels a bit like someone wanted to make a Coen brothers movie for the Clue crowd: Let’s call it..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Transpecos

Border-patrol officers get in way over their heads

"...in a film that hearkens back to Blood Simple-era Coen brothers...."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

A contrarian view

"...why I am such a lone voice on the Coen Brothers' new film, Inside Llewyn Davis...."

Dec. 27, 2013 Screens Post by Louis Black

The Bank Job

When a gang of thieves break into some London safe-deposit boxes, they enter a world of police corruption, financial malfeasance, sexual degeneracy, political conspiracy, murder, torture, and upper-class salaciousness.

"...of pneumatic paint-stripping machine that would freak out the Coen brothers. Rather than work under the modern-day Hollywood theory..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Wendell Baker Story

The Wilson brothers deliver this shaggy comedy – which was written and directed by Luke and Andrew and co-stars Luke, Owen, and seasoned pros Harry Dean Stanton, Seymour Casssell, and Kris Kristofferson.

"...enough. Sure, it owes a heavy debt to the Coen brothers' Raising Arizona – with its cockeyed camera angles,..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Daltry Calhoun

Johnny Knoxville stars in this slapdash tale of wacky Southerners and midlife crises that feels like a compilation reel of Blue Collar TV outtakes and Coen Brothers-lite quirkiness.

"...a compilation reel of Blue Collar TV outtakes and Coen Brothers-lite quirkiness. Knoxville plays the titular scoundrel Calhoun, a..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

O: The Movie

"...category. Director Tim Blake Nelson (who co-starred in the Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou?) has substituted the..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

8 MM

"...surrounded by an ensemble of powerful character actors, including Coen Brothers regular Stormare as well as Gandolfini, Heald, and..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For Love Or Money

"...superstar with a dreadful taste in scripts. Sonnenfeld (former Coen brothers cinematographer, now, thanks to The Addams Family, an..."

Oct. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Blood Simple: The Director's Cut

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: Samm-Art Williams, M. Emmet Walsh, Dan Hedaya, Frances..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hail, Caesar!

The Coen brothers celebrate and eviscerate old Hollywood

"...Directed by: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Suburbicon

The dark side of Fifties middle America

"...existed as an unproduced script by Joel and Ethan Coen (perhaps they realized that they were never going to..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Zellners' Beautiful Dreamer

The Zellner brothers mine urban legend in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

"...blood money buried by Steve Buscemi's character in the Coen brothers' entirely fictional 1996 film Fargo. That film also..."

March 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Reservoir Dogs

"...in the Middle With You” plays in the background. Coen Brothers refugee Steve Buscemi (“Mr. Pink? Why do I..."

Oct. 30, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ali G Indahouse

Unlike its televised predecessor, Ali G Indahouse just isn’t that funny.

"...of tasteless gag speed record that even the Farrelly brothers would be loath to touch. The crux of the..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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