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Joel and Ethan Coen
Recently, when I sat down with the Coen Brothers in Beverly Hills to ask why they'd chosen to tell Llewyn's story rather than that of, say, a Dylan-like figure (i.e., a first-rate artist surrounded by lesser talents), both Coens seemed genuinely surprised by the question.
FX announced Friday that Billy Bob Thornton will star in the network's "Fargo" miniseries, which will debut in the spring.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
At a time when a movie like Django Unchained can earn a Best Screenplay Oscar, I'm grateful for the Coen Brothers. At a time when a director insists on putting hip-hop music into a Roaring Twenties period picture, I'm grateful for the Coen Brothers. Just why am I grateful? Well, let me count the ways.
While many will argue that God's grace is notably absent elsewhere in the "Coeniverse," it is powerfully present in True Grit
While both the 1969 and the Coens bothers' remake are relatively faithful to the novel, the Coens more closely captures a sense of rough justice, and that even heroes have feet of clay.
