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Category: Directors: Ethan Coen / Joel Coen

  • True Grit. Dir. Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. Paramount Pictures. 2010.

    Although the tone of True Grit (2010) is primarily light-hearted and comedic, the narrative explores dark themes of grief and revenge. After her father is murdered, fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) embarks on a journey to ensure her father’s killer is hanged for his crime, enlisting the help of infamously violent and self-serving U.S. Marshal…

  • Inside Llewyn Davis. Dir. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. CBS Films. 2013.

    Inside Llewyn Davis, is a Coen Brothers mock biopic depicting a struggling singer in 1960s New York. The film leads the central character Llewyn to question whether or not he should continue to perform music following the suicide of his singing partner, Mike. The theme of alienation reoccurs throughout the film and is reinforced by…