Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Coen Brothers"

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? **** (2000, George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Charles Durning) – Classic Movie Review 473

The Coen Brothers Joel and Ethan direct George Clooney in 2000 in a patchy but posh and stylish and often very entertaining comedy drama. A super Clooney sings, does a Southern accent, plays comedy and […]

Dec, 05

No Country for Old Men ***** (2007, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin) – Classic Movie Review 334

The Coen Brothers’ sensational, sizzling 2007 crime thriller film No Country for Old Men won four Oscars, was their biggest hit so far, and was undoubtedly the movie of the year. Certainly the Academy Award […]

Oct, 27

Inside Llewyn Davis ***** (2013, Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman) – Movie Review

Another absolutely corker from the Coen Brothers, Inside Llewyn Davis is witty, quirky, funny, atmospheric and deliciously dark-hued. But it is charming, wise, enjoyably melancholic and hauntingly bitter-sweet too. Have the Coens mellowed over the years? […]

Oct, 13

Blood Simple ***** (1984, John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M Emmet Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 289

The Coen Brothers make their film debut in 1984 with the astonishing, thrillingly realised neo-noir thriller Blood Simple. Frances McDormand also makes her film debut and M Emmet Walsh stars as the double-crossing private detective. […]

Oct, 13

The Big Lebowski ***** (1998, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, John Turturro, David Thewlis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara, Peter Stormare, Jon Polito) – Classic Movie Review 288

‘This is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.’ Super-charged with confidence in 1998 after the success of Fargo, the Coen Brothers score again and come up with another beloved cult classic crime comedy. […]

Oct, 13

Fargo ***** (1996, William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi) – Classic Movie Review 220

A homespun murder story. The Coen brothers Joel and Ethan are on their best, most exhilarating form in this corking real-life-derived 1996 thriller. It won a Best Actress Oscar for Frances McDormand as the nice, […]

Sep, 04

Miller’s Crossing ***** (1990, Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito) – Classic Movie Review 126

With Joel directing, Ethan producing and both of them writing, the Coen Brothers’ edge-of-seat Mob thriller is scarily dynamic, urgently propelled and spectacularly stylish. Stylised and jokey near to the point of parody, it stops […]

Aug, 04

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