f 1.jpg — Fargo (1996)

**Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen**
**Starring: William H. Macey, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Frances McDormand, John Caroll Lynch, Larry Brandenberg**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 38m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Themes, Cinematography, Unique Setting**
**Weakness: None**

Fargo (1996)

April 17, 2019

When Jerry Lundegaard, tired of scrounging for scraps and grinding as a failed car/undercoat salesman, decides to stage a kidnap and ransom of his wife to gain access to his father-in-law’s money and the mild mannered mid-westerner ends ends up in league with a violently pragmatic criminal cohort.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

March 29, 2019

After a man stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong, he seizes the two million dollars left behind and runs, only to be pursued by a ruthless psychopath.

91hTLjwhdrL._SY606_.jpg — **Barton Fink (1991)**

**Directed by: Joel Coen**
**Starring: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis**
**Rated: R for Language, and Some Scenes of Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 56 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Dark Humor, Mysterious**
**WEAKNESSES: None**

Barton Fink (1991)

March 27, 2019

Barton has hit the big time after his hit play lands him a big Hollywood writing contract but is the Hollywood dream everything an artist could ever hope for?

MV5BMTY2Njk3MTAzM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTY5Mzk4NjE@._V1_.jpg — **Miller’s Crossing (1990)**

**Directed by: Joel Coen**
**Starring: Albert Finney, Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito**
**Rated: R for Graphic Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 55 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Setting, Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Stalls Towards the End**

Miller's Crossing (1990)

March 26, 2019

The Coen Brothers have always been top notch filmmakers, always creating memorable characters, and imaginative stories, whether it be dramatic, comedic, or a little of both, the Coen's have always had a gift for the craft, and Miller's Crossing is no exception.

MV5BNGZkODlhMjktNzhhMC00YjFiLWJmODMtNjQwOGMzZjMxNTZiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTMxODk2OTU@._V1_.jpg — A Serious Man (2009)

**Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen**
**Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff**
**Rated: R for Language, Some Sexuality/Nudity and Brief Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 46 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Directing, Themes, Ending**
**WEAKNESSES:-**

A Serious Man (2009)

March 26, 2019

A college physics teacher tries to find meaning in his life while it unravels before his eyes.

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

March 25, 2019

Flopping couch to couch, getting underpaid to perform in bars, and hitchhiking to Chicago may seem like the romantic life of a legendary singer but it’s just a week in the life for LLewyn Davis in 1961, New York City.

The Big Lebowski (1998)

March 25, 2019

Slacker ‘The Dude’ navigates LA trying to untangle a mess of a conspiracy.

MV5BYjRkYTI3M2EtZWQ4Ny00OTA2LWFmMTMtY2E4MTEyZmNjOTMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDg4NjY5OTQ@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

**Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen**
**Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Clancy Brown, James Franco, Liam Neeson, Zoe Kazan, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Waits**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Coen Bros Flair, Irreverence and Poignancy, Clever Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some CGI and Sets Look A Little Cheap**

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

November 20, 2018

Six stories set in the Coen Brothers’ Wild West.

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