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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

Coen Brothers

Ethan Coen, left, and Joel Coen arriving at the premiere of 'Hail, Caesar!' at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, California, February 1, 2016. (Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage/JTA)
December 29, 2021, 5:25 am
The tragedy of Joel Coen’s ‘Macbeth’ is the breakup of a great Jewish filmmaking duo
But it serves no critical or artistic purpose to judge the film – in theaters since Dec. 25 and debuting on AppleTV Jan. 14 – by what it may have been with Ethan Coen onboard
By Amelia Merrill
Director Joel Coen, left, and actor Frances McDormand on the set of "The Tragedy of Macbeth," released December 2021. (A24 via AP)
December 26, 2021, 1:34 am
In 1st film without his brother, Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone
Starring Denzel Washington and Francis McDormand, highly abstracted version of Shakespeare’s classic reaches US theaters, will stream online January 14
By Jake Coyle
This image released by Apple shows Denzel Washington, left, and Frances McDormand in a scene from 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' premiering at the New York Film Festival. (Alison Rosa/Apple via AP)
September 25, 2021, 5:36 am
In first solo film, Joel Coen premieres a stark ‘Macbeth’
Shakespeare adaptation starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand is a minimalist noir nightmare, cloaked in shadow and fog and filled with expressionist imagery
By Jake Coyle
John Goodman plays Walter Sobchak in the 1998 Coen brothers film 'The Big Lebowski.' (screen capture: YouTube)
May 7, 2020, 4:50 am
Locked down? Open up to… John Goodman’s Jewish anti-hero in ‘Big Lebowski’
In the 1998 movie, Walter shows that even a foul-mouthed, bandana-wearing Vietnam vet doesn’t have to ‘roll on Shabbos’
By Ben Sales
Michael Stuhlbarg in his breakout role as physics professor Larry Gopnik in the Coen Brothers' 'A Serious Man.' (Screenshot from YouTube/via JTA)
October 20, 2019, 4:00 am
A decade on, real rabbis weigh in on Coen brothers’ film ‘A Serious Man’
The famed directors’ most overtly Jewish work is a tragicomedy said to be loosely based on the Book of Job, and lampoons both the clergy and American Jewry as a whole
By Stephen Silver
The Oscars (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
February 22, 2019, 3:12 am
A Jewish guide to the 2019 Oscars
From Rachel Weisz in ‘The Favourite’ to a Nazi documentary that angered Fox News, here is what to look out for at Sunday’s Academy Awards
By Gabe Friedman
Screen capture from Joel and Ethan Coen's 'The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.' (Netflix/screenshot)
October 5, 2018, 3:20 pm
Coen Bros. draw guns and chuckles in six-part, existentialist Western flick
Joel and Ethan Coen spin through genres and humorous quiet melancholy with ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,’ which hits theaters — and Netflix — November 16
By Jordan Hoffman
Ethan Coen, left, and Joel Coen arriving at the premiere of 'Hail, Caesar!' at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, California, February 1, 2016. (Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage/JTA)
January 11, 2017, 11:25 pm
Coen brothers to direct their first TV series
Acclaimed Jewish film-making partners to make leap onto the small screen with Western miniseries ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
By JTA
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff AKA Black Widow in Iron Man II (screen capture: YouTube)
December 29, 2016, 6:56 pm
Scarlett Johansson named biggest box office draw of 2016
Tony Award-winning star plays assassin in Marvel blockbuster ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ which made $1.15 billion worldwide
By AFP
Clockwise from top left: Seth Rogen, Matisyahu, Ralph Lauren and Sheryl Sandberg all went to Jewish camp (Courtesy JTA)
February 29, 2016, 4:09 am
9 famous Jews who attended Jewish summer camp
Good or bad, these celebs had some formative cabin-based experiences
By Gabe Friedman
Director/producer/writers Ethan Coen (L) and Joel Coen arrive at the Premiere Of Universal Pictures' 'Hail, Caesar!' at Regency Village Theatre on February 1, 2016 in Westwood, California. (Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage via JTA)
February 7, 2016, 5:45 pm
Amid Oscars row, Coens defend Jew-centric films
Filmmaker duo says it’s ‘lunatic’ and ‘crazy’ to dictate movies’ contents; say they focus on what they know
By Ron Kampeas
Joel and Ethan Coen (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Rita Molnár, Wikimedia Commons)
January 21, 2015, 3:51 pm
Coen brothers to preside over Cannes jury
Jewish film-making partners honored with post at annual French movie festival
By JTA
Jonah Hill from 'Wolf of Wall Street' (photo credit: courtesy Paramount Pictures)
January 16, 2014, 6:40 pm
For Jewish actors, Oscar nominations a mixed bag
Also, while our film critic boosts the Jewish population of Utah by 400% at Sundance, here’s an early candidate for 2014’s worst movie
By Jordan Hoffman
'Fargo' (Fox Home Video)
January 9, 2014, 11:01 pm
An exciting time to be a Coen, says righteous ad
Jen Setler backs up Israel, ‘Hercules’ doesn’t have a sense of humor, but New Zealander Zoe Bell does have chutzpah
By Jordan Hoffman
Wait, Seth Rogen plays the square? 'Neighbors' (photo credit: courtesy Universal Pictures)
December 20, 2013, 9:07 pm
Adam Sandler’s new film might be worse than diaper rash
Movies to miss in May 2014, Shia LaBeouf plagiarizes apology for plagiarism, and why ‘Her’ is so great
By Jordan Hoffman
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