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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 529

Joel Coen

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
Denzel Washington in a scene from "The Tragedy of Macbeth," released December 2021. (A24 via AP)
December 26, 2021, 2:06 am
Denzel Washington’s aging Macbeth is one for the ages
Stars align in ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth,’ with a mature and experienced cast meeting an austere and chilling cinematic universe that seems half real, half fantasy
By Jocelyn Noveck
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
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
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
The dude abides (photo credit: Working Title Films)
March 7, 2013, 9:25 am
‘The Big Lebowski’ turns 15
The Coen brothers’ eminently quotable movie changed everything — at least for those urban achievers who love to quote movies
By Ben Harris
Professors Joseph Klafter (right) and Itamar Rabinovich announce the winners of the 2013 Dan David Prize in Tel Aviv on February 12, 2013. (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)
February 14, 2013, 1:11 am
Dan David Prize winners announced
Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of ‘The New Republic’ among five laureates for 2013
By Asher Zeiger
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