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The Coen Brothers Will Reteam For A Horror Film After Ethan Coen’s Next Movie’ Honey Don’t!’

February 21, 2024 1:29 pm

It’s apparently time to rejoice for those who thought the Coen Brothers had forsaken them and broken up for good. In a new Associated Press interview promoting “Drive-Away Dolls,” Ethan Coen confirms reports t...

Ethan & Joel Coen Reportedly Working On A “Pure Horror” Film

Rodrigo Perez

January 29, 2024 8:26 pm

News

Last week, Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, the co-writer of Coen’s upcoming “Drive-Away Dolls” film, led a Master Class in conversation with critic Kaleem Aftab for the audience at the Tromos International Film F...

Ethan Coen Confirms He And Joel Are “Working On Writing Something” Together

Ned Booth

January 19, 2024 11:37 am

News

Last summer, news broke that the Coen Brothers were reuniting after a five-year hiatus. Granted, the "news" there was Ethan Coen's throwaway comment to Empire while discussing his upcoming "Driv...

Ethan Coen Says He’s Reuniting With His Brother Joel For An Upcoming Project Together

Ned Booth

July 7, 2023 12:07 pm

News

After fives years apart, it looks like The Coen Bros. are finally reunited. /Film reports (via Empire magazine) that Ethan Coen confirmed in a new interview that he and brother Joel Coen plan to work on a feat...

Ethan Coen On The Coen Brothers Split: “None Of The Decisions Are Definitive.”

Matthew Monagle

May 22, 2022 4:04 pm

News

One of the topics that dominated the "The Tragedy of Macbeth" press circuit was Ethan Coen's absence from the film. With Joel Coen going solo, the decades-long partnership between the Coen Brothers seemed to h...

Joel Coen Wouldn’t Have Made ‘Macbeth’ If He Was Still Working With Ethan Coen

Charles Barfield

January 10, 2022 10:52 am

News

While the fact that Joel Coen has ventured off by himself to craft the new Apple TV+ film, “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” might be surprising to some, considering he worked the past 40-ish years alongside his broth...

‘The Tragedy Of Macbeth’ Trailer: Denzel Washington & Frances McDormand Are Haunted In Joel Coen’s Bleak Shakespearean Take

Ned Booth

January 6, 2022 1:20 pm

News, Trailers

William Shakespeare, the Bard himself, needs no introduction. Nor, arguably, does Joel Coen, who has been one of American cinema's great voices for almost forty years with his brother Ethan. A Coen take on a S...

‘Licorice Pizza’ Named Best Film Of 2021 By National Board of Review

Gregory Ellwood

December 2, 2021 2:31 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The National Board of Review is traditionally the first "awards group" (we use that term lightly with them) to announce their honorees for the season. This year, the organization somewhat surprised by selectin...

‘The Tragedy Of Macbeth’ Trailer: Denzel Washington & Frances McDormand Retell Shakespeare’s Darkest Moment For Joel Coen

Edward Davis

November 25, 2021 10:14 am

News, Trailers

One of the most anticipated films of the year was already seen earlier this year: "The Tragedy of Macbeth" by writer/director Joel Coen (going solo for the first time without Ethan Coen), made its world premie...

Joel Coen & The ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Cast On Adapting Shakespeare, Streaming Services, & More [NYFF]

Jason Bailey

September 25, 2021 11:13 am

Festivals, News

Whenever Frances McDormand brought up the notion of her husband and frequent collaborator Joel Coendirecting her in her dream role of Lady Macbeth, he demurred – bluntly. “He said absolutely not,” she recalled...

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