Joel and Ethan Coen Archives - Front Row Features

EXCLUSIVE: Alden Ehrenreich Ropes a Leading Role in ‘Hail, Caesar!’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 5, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Hail, Caesar!” he gets third billing, after Josh Brolin and George Clooney, but odds are audiences may not be familiar with the actor Alden Ehrenreich. That could change after his starring turn as an acting-challenged singing [...]

George Clooney Returns to Coens Fold in ‘Hail, Caesar!’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|February 3, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—George Clooney, who starred in Joel and Ethan Coens’ 1930’s-set comedy “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” in 2000, reconnects with the sibling filmmakers, starring in their latest comedy, “Hail, Caesar!” a tongue-in-cheek homage to Hollywood’s Golden Age. C [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Carter Burwell Scores with ‘Carol’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|December 31, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Carter Burwell has composed the music for more than 80 features films in his long career. The native New Yorker has penned the scores of nearly all of the films of sibling filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, including “Raising Arizona,” “Miller’s Crossing [...]

Tom Hanks Goes to Court in ‘Spies’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 21, 2015 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features NEW YORK—Tom Hanks reunites with Steven Spielberg for their fourth film, “Bridge of Spies,” a political thriller set during the Cold War. Hanks plays insurance attorney James B. Donovan, who is instrumental in securing the exchange of American military pilot Fr [...]

Billy Bob Thornton Weighs In on ‘Fargo’ Role

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|June 18, 2014 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As the mysterious and violent Lorne Malvo, Billy Bob Thornton has served as a thorn in the side of put-upon insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman) for 10 episodes of the dark comedy series “Fargo,” on FX. He’s also eluded local Deputy Moll [...]

Bleak is Beautiful ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’

Film Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|November 30, 2013 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic Like its title character, a no-frills 1961 folk singer attempting to ply his trade in the era between clean-cut Kingston Trio conservatism and the defiant dominance of Dylan, “Inside Llewyn Davis” resides somewhere between sentimental ear [...]