Joel Coen

Blood Simple. (1984)

By David Jenkins

The Coen brothers heroically bleak debut feature still shines over thirty years since its inception.

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How Fargo brilliantly blurs the line between fact and fiction

By William Carroll

With its opening disclaimer, the Coen brothers’ homespun murder story lulls us into a false reality.

Watch the first full trailer for Fargo Season 3

By Jack Godwin

Ewan McGregor is unrecognisable in this teaser for the returning Coens-based crime-thriller.

The 100 best films of the 1990s: 50-26

By Little White Lies

Martin Scorsese, Claire Denis and Terrence Malick break into the Top 50 of our ’90s countdown.

Is this the Coen brothers’ most underrated movie?

By Dan Einav

The Man Who Wasn’t There is a film without levity, hope or redemption – and it’s one of the directors’ very best.

The Coen brothers make first foray into TV with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

By Lena Hanafy

Their ambitious new project is being described as a ‘western anthology’.

Read Ethan Coen’s darkly hilarious New York Times editorial

By David Jenkins

One half of America’s greatest filmmaking family unit takes aim at the Trump enablers.

The many faces of the Coen brothers

By Glenn Heath Jr

A look back at some classic mugs inhabiting the weird and wonderful cinematic universe of Joel and Ethan Coen.

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