Coen Bros Episodes
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Anton Chigurh is a scary villain for many reasons, but the scariest might just be his inevitability. In 2007, America was exhausted; two failed wars and a collapsing economy were taking its toll, and there was a sense that the world was slipping out of control. Into that void walked a quiet assassin with a…
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What happens when a film is so original that nobody knows what to do with it? In 1998, Joel and Ethan Coen released The Big Lebowski — fresh off the massive critical success of Fargo. Critics were confused, and audiences stayed home. By every conventional Hollywood measure, it was a failure. Slowly but surely, The…
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![Joel & Ethan Coen [Part 8] — Tales From A New Frontier](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screen-shot-2022-04-22-at-2.20.07-pm.png)
PART 8: TALES FROM A NEW FRONTIER breaks down Joel & Ethan Coen’s THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS (2018), their first production under Netflix– and quite possibly, their last collaboration ever.
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![The Coen Brothers [4.7] – The Art Of Commerce](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cb4-7.jpg)
4.7: THE ART OF COMMERCE is the seventh installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their pair of films that explore the absurdities of art and commerce: -INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (2013) -HAIL, CAESAR! (2016)
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![The Coen Brothers [4.6] – A Prestigious Pinnacle](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cb4-6.jpg)
4.6: A PRESTIGIOUS PINNACLE is the sixth installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their four-year run of highly-acclaimed, award-winning features: -NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) -TO EACH HIS OWN CINEMA: “WORLD CINEMA” (2007) -BURN AFTER READING (2008) -A SERIOUS MAN (2009) -TRUE…
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![The Coen Brothers [4.5] – Screwball Scoundrels](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cb4-5.jpg)
4.5: SCREWBALL SCOUNDRELS is the fifth installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their brief foray into the slapstick caper genre with mass commercial appeal: -GAP “TWO WHITE SHIRTS” COMMERCIAL (2002) -INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (2003) -THE LADYKILLERS (2004) -PARIS JE T’AIME: “TUILERIES” (2006)
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![The Coen Brothers [4.4] – An Odyssey Into Style](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sequence-01-00_06_46_18-still021.jpg)
4.4: AN ODYSSEY INTO STYLE is the fourth installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their pair of highly-stylized features from the dawn of the new millennium: -O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? (2000) -THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE (2001)
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![The Coen Brothers [4.3] – The Breakout Classics](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cb4-3.jpg)
4.3: THE BREAKOUT CLASSICS is the third installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their pair of mainstream breakthrough works in the late 90’s: -FARGO (1996) -THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998)
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![The Coen Brothers [4.2]- The Postmodern Pictures](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cb4-2.jpg)
4.2: THE POSTMODERN PICTURES is the second installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their trio of “retro-surreal” period pictures producing in the 1990’s. -MILLER’S CROSSING (1990) -BARTON FINK (1991) -THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (1994)
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![The Coen Brothers [4.1]- Murder & Mania](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/coen4-1.jpg)
4.1: MURDER & MANIA is the first installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their pair of independent debut features set in the American southwest. -BLOOD SIMPLE. (1984) -RAISING ARIZONA (1987)