Coen Brothers

USA Film Fest Gets the Shaft

Philip Wuntch, Now "Film Critic Emeritus"

Coen Brothers and Their Country Top the Dallas-Fort Worth Critics' List

D.O.A.

Drop Dead Gorgeous isn't likely to win any popularity contests

The perfect crime

The Coens' dazzling new Fargo rediscovers the horrible, prosaic allure of crime

Independents' day

Small films have their big night in '96

'96 rewound

Good, but not that good

Not bad enough

Deceiver suffersfrom blurred vision

All duded up

Jeff Bridges' wacked-out stoner carries the Coens' The Big Lebowski

Your fiends and neighbors

Clay Pigeons pokes and pries at country discomforts

Money changes everything

A Simple Plan dishes up a frozen treat from a moral deep freeze

A slightly dirty dozen

Although many standout films were released in 1998, no one movie really stood out

Tryst And Shout

Although many standout films were released in 1998, no one movie really stood out

Oh, Canada

Midway through the Toronto film fest, and things are looking bleak

Intolerable Cruelty

Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery with Burn After Reading

Pickin' Circle

Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery with Burn After Reading

Three the Hard Way

Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery with Burn After Reading

Film 2007: Bad Blood

Horror films failed to scare up the big bucks in 2007

Oh, Brother

Ethan Coen turns his pen on his penis and other subjects

Romance & Cigarettes

Ethan Coen turns his pen on his penis and other subjects

Coen Brothers Transcend Themselves with No Country for Old Men

Ethan Coen turns his pen on his penis and other subjects

349 Movies to Go

Preparing for the onslaught that is the Toronto Film Festival

Greetings from Toronto...

Where old masters, drunk teenagers and Asia Argento make the fest's first week a blast

349 Movies to Go

Preparing for the onslaught that is the Toronto Film Festival

Oui, Oui

Visit gay (and sad and romantic) Paris

Where, O Where?

The Inwood displays the Coens' Brotherly love

Palm d'Hoberman

Our one-man jury bestows honors on the best of Cannes 2007.

The Office meets Deliverance

Satire and horror make for bad synergy in Severance

Mighty Mediocre

Wind bags a few charming laughs, but mostly meanders

About a Boi

OutKast's Depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the old South

Dallas Observer's top DVD picks for the week of October 18

OutKast's Depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the old South

Bar Code

Laws of Attraction is so generic it oughta be illegal

Suth'n Comfort

Tom Hanks steals the Coens' latest by playing--get this--very broad and funny

Old News

Reissues dominated, but an international crop of films yielded some good harvest

A Hard Day's Knight

As promised, this hepster jousting tale will rock you

Décolletage Diva

Liv Tyler makes the boys go crazy-funny in One Night at McCool's

Soundtracks

O Brother, Where Art Thou?(Mercury) & The Gift(Will/Lakeshore)

Bona Fide

Joel and Ethan Coen's Brother hits a Homer

Young Blood

Joel and Ethan Coen pull down the pants on their first film

Simply uneven

The restored and recut Blood Simple reveals the Coen brothers' strengths and weaknesses

White-trash receptacle

With a sneer and a wink, Drowning Mona plunges us into a fresh deluge of idiotic Americana

DFW Crix Up in the Air With Year-End Tally

​The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association just released its tops-o'-2009 list; it follows in full after the jump. But, first, this teaser: Dodging critical conventional wisdom that has put Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker at the top of most critics' polls, the DFWCA instead opted to follow ... More >>

Our Own Glorious Basterds, J. Hoberman, Robert Wilonsky And Scott Foundas Put Their Minds Together And Come Up With Their Favorite Films of 2009

​The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association just released its tops-o'-2009 list; it follows in full after the jump. But, first, this teaser: Dodging critical conventional wisdom that has put Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker at the top of most critics' polls, the DFWCA instead opted to follow ... More >>

The Revival of the Revival House: Texas Theatre to Start Showing Movies Again Next Week

Courtesy Oak Cliff Foundation​Last I heard, the folks behind the Texas Theatre's extreme makeover still needed some $7 million to get the historic Oak Cliff movie palace completely put back together again. (Some $2 mil has been raised and spent since redo efforts began in '01, but those Cliffdwell ... More >>

Kitchen Dog's Long Way Go Down Too Cinematic For Stage;Jubilee Sails With Gem Of The Ocean

Courtesy Oak Cliff Foundation​Last I heard, the folks behind the Texas Theatre's extreme makeover still needed some $7 million to get the historic Oak Cliff movie palace completely put back together again. (Some $2 mil has been raised and spent since redo efforts began in '01, but those Cliffdwell ... More >>

Simple Woman

Courtesy Oak Cliff Foundation​Last I heard, the folks behind the Texas Theatre's extreme makeover still needed some $7 million to get the historic Oak Cliff movie palace completely put back together again. (Some $2 mil has been raised and spent since redo efforts began in '01, but those Cliffdwell ... More >>

The Dude Abides

Courtesy Oak Cliff Foundation​Last I heard, the folks behind the Texas Theatre's extreme makeover still needed some $7 million to get the historic Oak Cliff movie palace completely put back together again. (Some $2 mil has been raised and spent since redo efforts began in '01, but those Cliffdwell ... More >>

True Grit: Coen Brothers Take Their Tongues Out of Their Cheeks.

Courtesy Oak Cliff Foundation​Last I heard, the folks behind the Texas Theatre's extreme makeover still needed some $7 million to get the historic Oak Cliff movie palace completely put back together again. (Some $2 mil has been raised and spent since redo efforts began in '01, but those Cliffdwell ... More >>

Road Trip Barbecue Makes Traveling I-35 Less Sucky.

Courtesy Oak Cliff Foundation​Last I heard, the folks behind the Texas Theatre's extreme makeover still needed some $7 million to get the historic Oak Cliff movie palace completely put back together again. (Some $2 mil has been raised and spent since redo efforts began in '01, but those Cliffdwell ... More >>

Hanna: Virtuoso Filmmaking, Retro Politics in a Crisp Thriller.

Courtesy Oak Cliff Foundation​Last I heard, the folks behind the Texas Theatre's extreme makeover still needed some $7 million to get the historic Oak Cliff movie palace completely put back together again. (Some $2 mil has been raised and spent since redo efforts began in '01, but those Cliffdwell ... More >>