Fragments of story

So much discourse and tale-telling has entered our small house through the tiny window of our television—no bigger than the … More

Unquestioned liberalism

There’s a kind of nostalgia for the Cold War, almost in the same way that British culture incorporates a nostalgia … More

A musician’s life is usually precarious, especially if you’re attempting to work as a featured artist. Llewyn Davis, as played … More

Coen Brothers genre pieces are rarely without an ironic twist or two, a knowing nod to the implausibilities of the … More

Roger Deakins’s brilliant cinematography has been conspicuous in some of the Coen Brothers’s films—in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, for … More

At the point at which Burn After Reading was released, the Coen Brothers had a certain amount of form, in … More

In Alex Garland’s recent science fiction-series Devs (which is in my opinion as good a piece of SF as has … More

I guess no-one hits the target every time, creatively speaking: I certainly know I don’t. But after our project to … More

It’s an interesting proposition, a romantic comedy starring Hollywood ‘A’-listers, written and directed by the Coen Brothers. What would these … More

O Brother, Where Art Thou? is an altogether more straightforward seeming film than the Coen Brothers’ typical output. Goofy comedies … More

Certain themes and techniques recur throughout Joel and Ethan Coen’s films. Convoluted crime stories with arbitrary conclusions in which none … More

People like to ascribe meanings to Coen Brothers films. I mean, they must mean something, right? They’re so tricksy and … More

The Big Lebowski is such a legendary movie that it’s almost embarrassing to admit this is the first time I’ve … More

One might be forgiven for thinking that the Joel and Ethan Coen made Barton Fink in order to dispel suspicions … More