Joel & Ethan Coen Films

The Coen Brothers were fascinated with film from a young age, remaking their favourite movies together on a Super 8 camera bought with saved-up pocket money. Their unshakeable partnership has since flourished, earning the pair a reputation for providing contemporary cinema's most original and consistent voice. The Brothers co-write with Ethan ac... show more >

The Coen Brothers were fascinated with film from a young age, remaking their favourite movies together on a Super 8 camera bought with saved-up pocket money. Their unshakeable partnership has since flourished, earning the pair a reputation for providing contemporary cinema's most original and consistent voice. The Brothers co-write with Ethan acting for the most part as producer and Joel taking the directorial lead.

Ever experimental, The Coen Brothers delight in confounding expectations; effortlessly leaping from screwball comedy to film noir, from gangster flick to work which defies definition. Despite their unpredictability, Joel and Ethan's movies are always unmistakably Coen – suffused with a quirkiness which has cemented their cult status, visually arresting and packed with plenty of pitch black unconventional comedy. From their directorial debut the noir thriller Blood Simple to their latest offering Burn After Reading, nobody makes morbidly comic, absurd cinema like the Coens. < show less