Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Coen Brothers classic Fargo which turns 25… By 1995, the Coen Brothers had become known as creators of quirky cinema, which had an acquired taste. An auspicious low budget debut with Blood Simple was followed with cult favourite, Raising Arizona. Popular gangster film, Miller’s Crossing was well received critically […]
The Coen Brothers and Roger Deakins: From Barton Fink to Hail, Caesar!
Chris Connor looks back over the collaborations between Joel and Ethan Coen and Roger Deakins… Joel and Ethan Coen have had one of the most eclectic careers of the last 40 years with films across an array of genres, blending humour, action and surrealism. One of the defining aspects of the brothers’ success is their […]
Movie Review – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, 2018. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco, Liam Neeson, Tom Waits, Brendan Gleeson. Bill Heck, Zoe Kazan, Tyne Daly, Willie Watson, Harry Melling, Grainger Hines, Jonjo O’Neill, Saul Rubinek, Chelcie Ross, Stephen Root, David Krumholtz, and Clancy Brown. SYNOPSIS: An anthology film comprised […]
The Coens’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs gets a new trailer
Ahead of its limited theatrical release this coming Thursday, a new trailer has arrived online for the Coen Brothers’ western anthology feature The Ballad of Buster Scruggs which features an ensemble cast that includes Tim Blake Nelson, Tyne Daly, James Franco, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Heck, Grainger Hines, Zoe Kazan, Harry Melling, Liam Neeson, Jonjo O’Neill, […]
Movie Review – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, 2018. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Starring Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Waits, Harry Melling, Zoe Kazan, James Franco, Bill Heck, Grainger Hines, Chelcie Ross, and Jonjo O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: Six stories make up Joel and Ethan Coen’s Western anthology epic, taking in everything from singing cowboys, gold […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, 2018. Directed by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen. Starring Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Waits, Harry Melling, Zoe Kazan, James Franco, Bill Heck, Grainger Hines, Chelcie Ross, and Jonjo O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: A collection of six Western-style shorts set out on the frontier, taking in stories of a […]
The Coens’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs gets a new trailer
Netflix has debuted the first trailer for Joel and Ethan Coen’s western anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs which stars Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson, James Franco, Zoe Kazan, Tyne Daly, Brendan Gleeson, and Tom Waits; watch it here… The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a six-part Western anthology film, a series of tales about the American […]
Who are the contemporary Masters of Cinema?
Anghus Houvouras on the contemporary Masters of Cinema… Sometimes a good movie conversation can lead you to interesting places. Take the discussion around the wildly overpraised Baby Driver; a good movie that’s being called a ‘masterpiece’ (it’s not). During the discussion my friend Simon Columb posted this on Twitter: Edgar Wright ain't no "master". Bloomin' […]
The Coen Brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is now a movie
Last year, Joel and Ethan Coen began work on The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a Western anthology series featuring six stories, which was subsequently picked up for distribution by the streaming service Netflix. The series would have marked the Coens’ first foray into television, but Variety is now reporting that it has been reworked into […]
Blu-ray Review – Barton Fink: Special Edition (1991)
Barton Fink, 1991. Directed by Joel Coen. Starring John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, and Jon Polito. SYNOPSIS: Barton Fink has been reissued by Kino Lorber in a new Blu-ray edition that doesn’t say “Special Edition” anywhere on the packaging but basically is one (hence the use of “(Special Edition)” on […]
