Fargo (1996)

12/17/09 The awards-givers have started to weigh in, and there are many questions (are these Oscar omens?) and talking points (surprise omissions, etc.). One of the questions so far this year is a perennial one: whether certain performances should be considered lead or supporting.  |  Variety

12/15/09 Screenplays can be the foundation of many things, from escapist froth to rallying cries for social causes.  |  Variety

12/05/09 This week's column is based on a true story.  |  Cinematical.com

11/25/09 "After hearing that the Coen brothers intended to adapt To The White Sea as a movie—a project they've since put on indefinite hold—I was curious to imagine how this deep cut in Dickey's bibliography (he's most often noted for writing the novel Deliverance ) would look through the Coens' lens. What struck me immediately about the book, in light of the Coens, was how purely visual it is, a survivalist tale with virtually no dialogue. As an American soldier, downed in Tokyo before the World War II fire-bombings, evades capture and makes his way to the mountains—calling upon instincts picked up from his youth in Alaska—the books grows ever more abstract and beautiful. Imagine this book in Fargo white, and enjoy the adventure."  |  The A.V. Club

11/23/09 The Independent Filmmaker Project has announced the line-up of jurors determining the recipients of the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards.  |  indieWIRE

11/03/09 "After hearing that the Coen brothers intended to adapt To The White Sea as a movie—a project they've since put on indefinite hold—I was curious to imagine how this deep cut in Dickey's bibliography (he's most often noted for writing the novel Deliverance ) would look through the Coens' lens. What struck me immediately about the book, in light of the Coens, was how purely visual it is, a survivalist tale with virtually no dialogue. As an American soldier, downed in Tokyo before the World War II fire-bombings, evades capture and makes his way to the mountains—calling upon instincts picked up from his youth in Alaska—the books grows ever more abstract and beautiful. Imagine this book in Fargo white, and enjoy the adventure."  |  The A.V. Club

11/02/09 Since it was introduced 70 years ago, the Academy Awards' original screenplay category has been a breeding ground for fresh new voices, launching careers and solidifying the legacy of writers as diverse as Orson Welles, Billy Wilder and Paddy Chayefsky.  |  The Hollywood Reporter

10/16/09 Joel and Ethan Coen are responsible for some of the more unusual and intelligent movies of the past 25 years.  |  JAM! Showbiz

10/15/09 Joel and Ethan Coen say their upbringing in suburban Minneapolis feels more "exotic" as the years pass, but add that more than a little artistic licence was at play in recreating those times in "A Serious Man." The new film from the siblings behind "Fargo" centres on a Jewish physics professor whose life, both at home and work, is falling apart.  |  JAM! Showbiz

10/08/09 Joel and Ethan have made what might be my favorite of their films.  |  Ain't It Cool News